Apprenticeships, Higher education OfS awards further £14m for degree apprenticeships expansion Weston College wins £1.1 million in latest round of OfS degree apprenticeships funding Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y ABS, Colleges, Skills reform ‘Clunky’ Advanced British Standard risks ‘blunt choice’ for students, leaders warn Ministers accused of ‘putting the cart before the horse’ with 16-19 reform plans Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Ofsted Ofsted: ‘Constrained’ funding could ‘compromise’ inspection reliability Watchdog’s chair warns actions to absorb rising costs are a ‘short-term fix’ and will likely ‘store up cost pressures’ FE Week Reporter 1y FE Week Reporter 1y Colleges, Ofsted Second consecutive ‘outstanding’ for Catholic sixth form college St John Rigby RC Sixth Form College retains top marks 7 years after previous inspection Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Apprenticeships Sunak to scrap SME co-investment for young apprentices PM will also increase apprenticeship levy transfers up to 50% Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Apprenticeships Who cares? Funding boost won’t spark renaissance in care apprenticeships Nearly 200 training providers have stopped delivering care apprenticeships since 2019 Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y T Levels Exclusive DfE could step in if T Level fee hikes hit college budgets Awarding bodies can charge colleges higher fees if gen 2 T Levels under-recruit Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DfE puts 40 staff on Advanced British Standard ‘vanity project’ ‘To say this is the wrong priority is an understatement, and smacks of rearranging the deckchairs while the Titanic… Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Colleges Procurement paused on college antisemitism training Procurement of £7 million to tackle antisemitism in education now has “arbitrary” closing date of 2030 Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y News Exclusive West of England’s LEP funding withheld amid political infighting WECA is the only mayoral combined authority that has not integrated its local enterprise partnership Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y News Exclusive Grady accepts bumper UCU pay hike to pay libel fees General secretary uses annual fighting fund donation to pay damages Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Training Providers Chamber and training provider suddenly shuts down St Helen’s Chamber called in administrators this afternoon after a ‘perfect storm’ of financial issues Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Newer 1 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 802 Older Must read Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
