Colleges Collab Group closes after 20 years College membership fees refunded as board weighs up ‘future plans’ with AoC Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Ofsted Ofsted Ruth Perry report response: What you need to know Watchdog to explore standalone safeguarding judgment and narrowing gap between inspections and reports Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Ofsted Ofsted reforms to ensure ‘no more tragedies’ Martyn Oliver issues heartfelt apology and accepts all of coroner’s recommendations Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Apprenticeships Latest apprenticeship funding review uprates 35 standards Plumbing, church minister and healthcare science apprenticeships get funding boost Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Colleges Almost 50 jobs at risk as college seeks £1m savings Staff angered at ‘kick in the teeth’ plans Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Colleges, Industrial action Staff at London’s biggest college stage 8 day walkout UCU members at Capital City College Group picketing over pay and workload Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Apprenticeships, Higher education First winners of OfS degree apprenticeships cash revealed Ten colleges among 51 winners of initial batch of £40 million fund to expand and diversify degree apprenticeships Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Colleges, Ofsted ‘Inadequate’ college for vulnerable adults returns to ‘good’ Ofsted rating Ruskin College celebrates rapid turnaround Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Colleges, Skills reform DfE to pilot funding simplifications for colleges Several funding rules and ringfences to be removed as officials bid to reduce complexity Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Climate Change, Sustainability DfE agrees to publish ‘urgent’ sustainability plan All settings to have a climate action plan ‘in place by 2025’, DfE assures MPs Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Apprenticeships Ban for ‘rogue’ apprenticeship boss who owes ESFA £2.5m Investigators couldn’t verify payments from Vista Training Solutions were ‘legitimate expenses’ due to missing accounts Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Politics Exclusive Rigid rules led to £28m tuition fund clawback in first 2 years ‘Most colleges could have spent their allocations several times over if they had been able to target all students… Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Newer 1 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 802 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
