Training Providers Training giant BPP hires Halfon Former skills minister Robert Halfon has taken on multiple advisory roles since leaving office Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Apprenticeships, Long read Long read Solicitor apprenticeships on trial: can they survive level 7 cash cull? As the government rethinking funding for level 7 apprenticeships, Jessica Hill cross-examines the promise of solicitor apprenticeships: are they… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y Colleges ‘Serious cashflow pressures’ put WCG in intervention The college group’s annual accounts are nine months late Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y 16-19, Qualifications Exclusive BTEC survival hope after Smith’s policy shift Courses that ‘overlap’ with T Levels faced the cut under plans inherited from the Conservatives Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Apprenticeships Exclusive DfE ‘tore up AEB contract due to apprenticeship row’ Private provider owner also claims adult education payments were withheld as officials recovered clawback Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Apprenticeships Long read Turnaround job of a Lifetime at apprenticeship giant An interview with CEO David Smith Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Ofsted Revealed: How Ofsted will develop plans to inspect inclusion Watchdog has so far provided little detail on what metrics will be used to judge inclusion for incoming report… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Politics Tugendhat pledges millions for FE in Tory leadership bid Apprenticeships and skills spending will reduce reliance on migrant workers, according to Tory leadership hopeful Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Prison education Young offenders denied legal right to education Staff shortages are preventing both adults and children from attending education and training Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y 16-19 Pupil premium plus post-16 pilot reduces ‘cliff edge’ of support, report finds Calls for long-term funding as evaluation highlights positive outcomes for vulnerable young people Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Colleges, Politics 172 college leaders make collective investment plea to chancellor Principals warn economic growth will be stifled without greater funding to build the FE workforce Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y WorldSkills WorldSkills UK national finals will move to Wales in 2025 South Wales to host national event for the first time Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Newer 1 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 829 Older Must read Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
