Students Poor mental health becomes top cause for college student absence Stress is particularly acute for English and maths resitters Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Colleges, Skills reform MPs: DfE should include FE in teacher recruitment forecasts FE is the ‘worst impacted’ sector yet often ignored by DfE plans Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Qualifications Revealed: 74 qualifications survive 2025 level 3 course cull Approved ‘alternative’ qualifications can be funded alongside A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Apprenticeships New off-the-job apprenticeship flexibility set for 2024/25 Active learning can take place every 3 months from August for front-loaded or block release apprenticeships Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Colleges Large south west college group announces new principal Rob Bosworth will leave Exeter College after 24 years to lead Cornwall College Group Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y skills Lack of skilled workers risks major infrastructure projects going over budget, PAC warns Major projects in FE include the T Level roll out, Skills Bootcamps and the capital transformation programme Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Ofsted Essex sixth form college celebrates Ofsted upgrade to ‘outstanding’ Principal describes the feat as a ‘ringing endorsement’ of ‘high quality work’ Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Industrial action UCU’s own staff vote to strike The dispute centres around allegations of racism and pay priorities Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Employment, Training Providers DWP’s own research casts doubt on revived training scheme’s success ‘There was less evidence that SWAPs moved claimants into employment, despite this being a key intended outcome’ Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Ofsted Ofsted snubs FE providers from sub-judgements website change The move to add sub-judgements to school profiles on its website has been planned for at least two months… Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Colleges, Employment Lecturer wins over £50k from large college group for unfair dismissal New City College bosses would not have fired lecturer if ‘fair procedure’ was followed, judge rules Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Devolution, election Mayoral pledges: Burnham plans ‘halls of apprentice’ for Greater Manchester We take a look at what England’s newly elected mayors have promised to deliver for regional skills training Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Newer 1 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 816 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
