Apprenticeships, Election 2024 Election 2024: Apprenticeships top of education priority list But poll suggests support for Conservative and Labour plans for apprenticeships have limited backing Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Colleges City of Wolverhampton College announces new principal after financial turnaround Comes shortly after the college exited long-running government intervention Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Ofsted, SEND Specialist arts college strikes the right chord with Ofsted ‘outstanding’ Inspectors said the college empowers young adults with special needs to progress into the world of work Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Election 2024 Conservatives manifesto 2024: The FE pledges Party confirms plans for 100k more apprenticeships, the new ABS, and a national service at the expense of the… Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Election 2024 Lib Dems manifesto 2024: The FE pledges Party plans to review FE funding including college VAT exemption, a widened apprenticeship levy and ‘lifelong skills grants’ of… Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Long read, SEND Investigation The high cost pressures of safety valve deals Cash-strapped local authorities are under pressure through safety valve deals to place high-needs young people in placements that may… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y Colleges Students volunteer to support their local communities Colleges took part in loneliness and local sports initiatives as part of volunteers’ week Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Election 2024 Both parties pledge targeted training to cut immigration Labour is claiming it will hold companies to account on training through ‘proper’ workforce plans Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Election 2024 Sunak’s national service plan puts £2.6bn employment training fund at risk The Conservatives have pledged to scrap the fund from 2028 and Labour hasn’t committed to funding it beyond 2025 Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y AEB, Devolution Exclusive Combined authority ‘rewinds’ adult education budget tender after complaints West Yorkshire Combined Authority said it had faced ‘substantial challenges’ to its contract awarding decisions Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Colleges Exclusive Squeezed margins could put more colleges on government notice AoC’s finance guru explains why cash is up but proportion of healthy EBITDAs is down Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y WorldSkills, WorldSkills UK New WorldSkills competition to tackle film and TV shortages WorldSkills UK pledges to launch make up and special effects competition by 2025 Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Newer 1 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 820 Older Must read 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
