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
Shane Chowen
T Levels

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Anviksha Patel
News

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
Josh Mellor
News

Grady accepts bumper UCU pay hike to pay libel fees

General secretary uses annual fighting fund donation to pay damages

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


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
Shane Chowen
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Colleges

Holiday pay guidance reviewed amid fears colleges could be left out of pocket

Law firms say mistake in government guidance could lead some colleges to pay more than they should

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Colleges

College lecturer wrongfully sacked over ‘vengeful’ misconduct claims

Tribunal finds Halesowen College failed to carry out a full investigation before sacking esports lecturer

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Transgender guidance

Education sector sounds the alarm over transgender guidance

Calls for government to back schools and colleges in legal cases, fears guidance clashes with safeguarding rules and isn’t…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships

First London university to get top Ofsted marks

Brunel Uni’s apprenticeships lauded as ‘outstanding’ in all areas

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

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
Billy Camden and Frances Read