Colleges Two-thirds of parents ‘interested’ in FE teaching career – but not told about stunted salaries Survey finds FE teaching is ‘the perfect career pivot’ for working parents interested in flexible work Joshua Stein 1y Joshua Stein 1y Colleges College hit with financial notice after DfE finds dodgy subcontracting in traineeships Clawback expected to move college from ‘outstanding’ to ‘inadequate’ financial health Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y News DfE publishes list of ‘expert’ apprenticeship providers See who made the cut for the 12-month pilot below Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y News Strikes: Labour would scrap minimum service levels Bridget Phillipson says ‘attack on the rights of working people’ is an ‘admission of failure’ over last year’s pay… Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Apprenticeships, Long read Long read Rotheram: the ‘apprentice’ mayor Liverpool City Region metro mayor Steve Rotheram is donning a hi-vis vest, trowel in hand, and reminiscing to local… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y News Ofqual set to have interim boss for a year Temporary chief regulator to be appointed on ‘exceptional basis’ to deal with ‘challenging period’ ahead Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Adult education Refugee and coffee shop owner among adult learning award finalists London’s second Adult Learning Awards, sponsored by FE Week and Ascentis, is less than two weeks away Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Sponsored post Sponsored Transform your ESOL learners’ English language skills through ESB’s external assessments High-quality externally assessed ESOL Skills for Life qualifications that accurately measure language proficiency Advertorial 2y English Speaking Board (International) Ltd 2y Colleges York College principal steps down due to health reasons Lee Probert has left with immediate effect Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Sponsored post Sponsored Teach Inspire Create: A conference to explore the future of creative education! Don’t miss UAL Awarding Body’s Teach Inspire Create Conference 2023, as it returns this November! If you are a… Shane Mann 2y UAL Awarding Body 2y skills DfE plans ‘classification’ tool to fix ‘fragmented and deficient’ skills system New system would also help employers be ‘more innovative and flexible’ Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y News Strikes: Government to introduce minimum service levels in colleges DfE says if a voluntary agreement is not reached with unions, it will use powers through the new strikes… Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Newer 1 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 802 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