News Ofsted orders review into wiped evidence claims It has been revealed how technical glitches force inspectors to re-record inspection evidence, sometimes from memory Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Apprenticeships School teacher degree apprenticeship to launch in 2025 The four-year course will come with 40 per cent off-the-job training requirement Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Apprenticeships Construction giant could face £17m clawback after apprenticeship data error Construction body increases pot by nearly 50 per cent for ESFA clawback Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y FE Commissioner FE Commissioner flags insolvency risk after Leicestershire college ‘took their eye off the ball’ SMB Group propped up by emergency funding from FE Commissioner Josh Barrie 1y Josh Barrie 1y Apprenticeships Exclusive ESFA failing to curb apprentice assessment ‘bundling’ Awarding bodies call for clarity after rules watered down and culprits ‘hide in plain sight’ Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y T Levels Exclusive Employers warned years ago that hairdressing T Levels wouldn’t cut it Businesses flagged concerns with placements and standards early in the process – but officials overruled Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y News Alternative provision in ‘desperate need of reform’, damning Ofsted and CQC report says AP transition to post-16 provision ‘often delayed’, report says, with unclear oversight responsibilities Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Adult education, Devolution WEA threatens legal action against combined authority amid grant funding row A decision to refuse to grant fund the WEA puts 70 jobs at risk Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Apprenticeships, Sponsored post Sponsored Countdown to milestone 10th Annual Apprenticeship Conference Organisers have announced keynotes from apprenticeship minister Robert Halfon MP, shadow minister Seema Malhotra MP and His Majesty’s Chief… Advertorial 1y AAC 1y WorldSkills 2024 WorldSkills: Pearson announced as official Team UK partner UK names squad for renewable energy and additive manufacturing competitions Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y BTECs, T Levels 71 courses face the axe in favour of wave 4 T Levels Popular BTECs in media and animal management to be scrapped, DfE announces Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y T Levels ‘Shock’ as ministers suddenly scrap hairdressing and barbering T Levels Hair industry employers preferred apprenticeships to the proposed T Level Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Newer 1 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 816 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 3w Jessica Hill 3w Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo