Colleges DfE appoints first FE student support champion The role has been created to improve student success and progress Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Colleges, Skills reform Halfon pleads with colleges to convince more students to take T Levels Skills minister urges leaders to persuade more year 11s onto the courses as plans for a replacement qualification build Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Politics Labour’s levy plan would limit apprenticeships to 140,000 a year, government claims Proposal would cost an additional £1.5bn, new estimations suggest Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y News Damian Hinds returns to DfE as minister of state Appointment follows resignation of schools minister Nick Gibb Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Colleges Strikes called off at another 7 colleges Staff at 8 colleges will begin three days of strike action from tomorrow Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Colleges Exclusive Interview: AoC president finds her voice Newly re-appointed Association of Colleges president Corrienne Peasgood tells Shane Chowen how she’s ready to fight for colleges and… Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y News Keegan to get her own camera person (on £50k a year) DfE is recruiting a videographer to film regular content of the education secretary for her social media channels Amy Walker 1y Amy Walker 1y News Frank McLoughlin to chair ETF The former principal will succeed Peter Latchford in January Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Apprenticeships, Colleges, Subcontracting FE faces ‘double edged sword’ as Procurement Act hikes risk of litigation Experts warn of subcontracting trouble Joshua Stein 1y Joshua Stein 1y Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted grades changed for 5 FE providers last year after challenges Complaints about FE inspections have also doubled since 2018 Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y News Exclusive College’s traineeship learners worked illegal hours, DfE audit finds ‘Substantial’ clawback on the cards after security and rail trainee debacle revealed Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Colleges Exclusive Ex-college principal banned from education Former Hadlow boss to be fined £250k if he breaches agreement with liquidators, while deputy secures ‘confidential’ deal Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Newer 1 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 802 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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
