Colleges RAAC: 3 more colleges with crumbly concrete confirmed DfE’s updated list shows 231 education settings have now identified the crumbly concrete Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y News First T Levels relicensing tender launched Awarding organisations sought to ‘refresh and develop’ those rolled out in waves 1 and 2 Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Ofsted Ofsted: First ‘outstanding’ for Burton and South Derbyshire College Inspectors praise ‘high performing culture’ and ‘exceptionally strong’ employer relationships Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Lifelong Learning Older workers nervous about lifelong learning financing New polling reveals varying attitudes among adults towards taking out loans for courses FE Week Reporter 1y FE Week Reporter 1y Industrial action Strikes: Minimum service levels will ‘inflame’ tensions Unions slam ‘bad faith’ proposals as college leaders raise concerns about union relationships Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Colleges Students force college to ‘suspend’ ties with Israel-linked aerospace firm Luton Sixth Form Colleges has cut ties with Leonardo, which provides STEM careers events and work placements Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Skills reform, T Levels DfE’s spending on T Level public awareness efforts revealed Leaders say DfE ‘significantly underestimated’ the difficulty of launching the new qualification Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted surrenders in secret legal battle over ‘fatally flawed’ inspection Sector body overturns ‘inadequate’ judgment and accuses watchdog of ‘sub-standard’ assessment Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Apprenticeships, Skills reform Halfon ‘encouraged’ by apprenticeship trends since the levy Young people squeezed out and higher levels continue to grow while level 2 falls to lowest on record Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Colleges, Ofsted ‘Milestone’ Ofsted result for arts college Hereford College of Arts judged ‘outstanding’ for first time Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Adult education Multiply boosts adult education numbers Adult education numbers are slightly up on last year with rising demand for ESOL and free level 3 courses Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y News Kion Ahadi named as new Federation of Awarding Bodies chief He will lead the membership body from February Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Newer 1 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 802 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
