News New ASCL boss: ‘T Levels are not the only answer’ Pepe Di’Iasio speaks to FE Week as he prepares to take over at leaders’ union Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Colleges Principal resigns weeks after Ofsted downgrade Financial concerns have also surfaced as Bath College drafts in troubleshooter Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Ofsted Big Listen: Ofsted explores ‘withholding’ safeguarding failure reports Sir Martyn Oliver vows to listen to criticism and ideas for ‘big reforms’ Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey and Josh Mellor 1y Colleges, resits AQA to launch free digital maths tests for GCSE resitters But plans to introduce on-screen exams delayed Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y WorldSkills, WorldSkills UK WorldSkills UK honours 2024 equity, diversity and inclusion heroes 8 awards handed out at Houses of Parliament ceremony Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y AEB, Devolution Budget 2024: AEB deals for 3 county councils But nothing else new for FE and skills Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y LSIPs Budget 2024: Business leaders call for LSIP funding extension ‘Hard work’ of creating local skills plans risks being ‘undermined’ without more investment Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Apprenticeships Exclusive Treasury announces £3k top-up for 13 ‘growth sector’ apprenticeships Training providers will have to deliver a minimum number of starts to access the cash Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Colleges, Strikes Five north east colleges set to strike this month Teachers at Education Training Collective will walk out for two days over 2022/23 pay offer Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y News DfE rapped by watchdog as 1 in 4 FOI responses late Improve response times for information requests or face enforcement, ICO warns Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Colleges Jo Grady re-elected as UCU general secretary Grady narrowly won the election, which had a turnout of just 15% Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Newer 1 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 802 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
