Colleges College leaders demand £710 per student rise in sixth-formers’ funding Increasing teaching hours in line with Advanced British Standard would need an extra £1,760 per sixth-former Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y ITP, Teacher training ITPs to take £27m hit from DfE funding change to FE teacher training Only providers providers with an HE partnership will have access to student finance, DfE says Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Adult education Adult ed: Fewer adults taking level 2 and 3 courses Figures indicate fewer adults from deprived backgrounds Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship starts grow 7% in first quarter of 2023/24 Achievements were up 22% on the year before Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Ofsted Leeds City Council awarded top Ofsted grade for adult learning and apprenticeships The council received an inspection upgrade for its skills provision that ‘transforms lives’ Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Sponsored post Sponsored Enter your fabulous FE colleagues into the Pearson National Teaching Awards The 1st of March entry deadline is fast approaching for the 2024 Pearson National Teaching Awards – and we… Advertorial 1y The Teaching Awards Trust 1y Sponsored post Sponsored Improve apprenticeship outcomes with City & Guilds: Supporting you for success Join the City & Guilds team at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) 2024 to learn how we can help… Advertorial 1y City & Guilds 1y News Five changes experts suggest on AI in colleges Fund colleges to trial AI, establish a long-term strategy and help teachers spot cheats, say government experts Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y T Levels Exclusive T Levels: IfATE set to launch health and science relicensing Providers could be charged higher fees if student numbers are lower than expected Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Awarding FAB elects Charlotte Bosworth as next chair Kirstie Donnelly and Alan Woods will step down from the Federation of Awarding Bodies board this spring Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Colleges UCU staff up the ante in pay dispute with own bosses UCU staff accuses bosses of prioritising senior management pay Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y SEND Council spending on post-16 SEND place creation just 1% of total pot Just over £20 million of £1.55 billion has been spent on post-16 SEND facilities Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Newer 1 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 802 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 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo 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
