Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship starts grow 7% in first quarter of 2023/24

Achievements were up 22% on the year before

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

Leeds City Council awarded top Ofsted grade for adult learning and apprenticeships

The council received an inspection upgrade for its skills provision that ‘transforms lives’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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Enter your fabulous FE colleagues into the Pearson National Teaching Awards  

The 1st of March entry deadline is fast approaching for the 2024 Pearson National Teaching Awards – and we…

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The Teaching Awards Trust
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Improve apprenticeship outcomes with City & Guilds: Supporting you for success

Join the City & Guilds team at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) 2024 to learn how we can help…

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City & Guilds
News

Five changes experts suggest on AI in colleges

Fund colleges to trial AI, establish a long-term strategy and help teachers spot cheats, say government experts

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
T Levels

T Levels: IfATE set to launch health and science relicensing

Providers could be charged higher fees if student numbers are lower than expected

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Awarding

FAB elects Charlotte Bosworth as next chair

Kirstie Donnelly and Alan Woods will step down from the Federation of Awarding Bodies board this spring

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

UCU staff up the ante in pay dispute with own bosses

UCU staff accuses bosses of prioritising senior management pay

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
SEND

Council spending on post-16 SEND place creation just 1% of total pot

Just over £20 million of £1.55 billion has been spent on post-16 SEND facilities

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Collab Group closes after 20 years

College membership fees refunded as board weighs up ‘future plans’ with AoC

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
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
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted reforms to ensure ‘no more tragedies’

Martyn Oliver issues heartfelt apology and accepts all of coroner’s recommendations

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey

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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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

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

Billy Camden
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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel