Apprenticeships, career change, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Workers face £40k financial penalty if they switch careers, research warns Experts call for lifelong learning entitlement to be expanded to help ease financial burden Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Apprenticeships IFS calls for uniform subsidy rate for apprenticeship levy Economists also warn that Labour’s plan to expand the levy risks ‘significant deadweight costs’ Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y News Oliver formally confirmed as next Ofsted chief inspector Schools boss pledges to be ’empathetic, compassionate and understanding of the challenges that those of us working in education… Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Exams Ofqual extends term-time checkpoints to hundreds of thousands more VTQ students Extra workload anticipated for schools and colleges to ensure grades are handed out on time Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y News Dwindling SME starts drag down apprenticeship figures in 2022/23 Starts for level 2 also continue to fall while higher levels shoot up Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Sponsored post Sponsored How apprenticeships can provide effective employee retention People want to be the best that they can be, and an apprenticeship gives them a structure to do… Advertorial 2y Pearson 2y Ofsted Top Ofsted marks for Bristol apprenticeship provider in first full inspection Professional Apprenticeships judged ‘outstanding’, with inspectors citing high pass rates Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Colleges Strike ballot fails to meet turnout threshold in half of colleges UCU members at 32 colleges are, however, set to strike Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Party Conferences 2023 Labour: Sunak’s Advanced British Standard plans ‘careless’ and ‘undeliverable’ Ahead of her conference speech, the shadow education secretary said the prime minister’s decision to ‘junk’ T Levels was… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y News T Level courses canned as low GCSE grades bite Tens of thousands more students than normal entered FE this year without a pass in English and maths Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Party Conferences 2023 Starmer to introduce ‘technical excellence colleges’ Colleges meeting specialist local skills needs will bid for a new status under Labour Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Colleges Dorset merger on the cards to secure future of struggling college Kingston Maurward College in talks to join Weymouth College Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Newer 1 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 802 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
