Apprenticeships, Higher education

Revealed: The 8 trainers that will pilot teacher degree apprenticeship

Government also reveals schools will get ‘financial incentives’ to cover trainees’ salaries while they train off the job

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Colleges, Pay

Unions demand 10% FE staff pay rise in 2024/25

Negotiations for pay deal begin in May

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship funding rules 2024/25: Changes you need to know

Reforms to additional learning support, subcontracting, SEND FSQs and active learning are coming

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Funding

Revealed: The 8 colleges in DfE’s funding simplification pilot

Government hopes the trial will help decide how to roll out wider changes to funding rules

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofsted

Media provider praises ‘new era’ of inspection after jumping to ‘good’

The company went through a ‘traumatic’ Ofsted experience 18 months ago

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Luke Hall named new education minister

Follows the sudden resignation of Robert Halfon

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Politics

Robert Halfon resigns as skills minister

He will also stand down as Harlow’s MP in the upcoming general election

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, SEND

SEND colleges slam ‘unwieldy’ English and maths resit reforms

Dropouts likely to increase and stress made worse for vulnerable learners, leaders warn

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
AEB, Devolution, Ofsted

Manchester provider’s AEB contracts terminated early

Bootcamps contract also ended by combined authority but provider continues to deliver the scheme through its local council

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofqual

City and Guilds fined £200k for regulatory breaches

Ofqual found multiple ‘errors’ related to assessment materials and results

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
DfE

DfE snatches £1.5m from popular FE leadership and governance scheme

Government slimming down two-year leadership and governance training amid cuts

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Politics, Skills reform

IfATE plans staff cuts after DfE orders cost-saving measures

Apprenticeships and technical education quango opens voluntary exit scheme to all staff

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

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Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

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Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

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