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 Colleges Mayor’s masterclass: Brabin backs college VAT exemption The Mayor of West Yorkshire delivered an acting class to students at Leeds City College this week Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Apprenticeships, SEND Relax functional skills rules for autistic apprentices, says ex-minister Many autistic people “struggle” to complete higher level apprenticeships due to maths and English tests, the ex-minister said Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Maths, resits ‘Groundbreaking’ GCSE maths resit trial gets cash injection Funding aims to recruit 160 teachers to partake in next phase of study Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive DfE set to surrender £60m apprenticeship cash in 2023-24 Just 2% of total ring-fenced budget expected to be handed back to Treasury Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Apprenticeships, Ofsted Exclusive New Ofsted chief had ‘outdated’ view of apprenticeships as school head Sir Martyn Oliver talked up careers guidance in his sector debut at AAC 2024 Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Newer 1 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
