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 Colleges ‘Inadequate’ Croydon College told to ‘harmonise cultures’ by FE Commissioner Behaviour and attendance improving since ciritical inspection Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Multiply £30m allocated in first year of Sunak’s flagship maths scheme goes unspent Whitehall too ‘short-termist’ after councils return most of Multiply funding Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y News Security guards face losing licences after fraudulent training exposé Pressure mounts on regulators to toughen up on malpractice Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y News ‘Demoralised’: Sunak calls time on T Levels during T Levels Week PM seeks to axe flagship qualifications after just 3 years of delivery and £1bn investment Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Training Providers Lawyers deny claims DfE acted unlawfully in AEB contract row DfE claim they followed procurement rules in their defence to AEB procurement legal challenge Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Party Conferences 2023 GCSE English and maths resit funding boost The rate for apprentices will go up 54% – from £471 to £724 Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Party Conferences 2023 Advanced British Standard: Everything you need to know Our explainer on Rishi Sunak’s proposed new qualification to replace A-levels and T Levels Billy Camden 2y John Dickens and Samantha Booth 2y Party Conferences 2023 Sunak to replace A-levels and T Levels with ‘Advanced British Standard’ qualification PM wants to merge A-levels and T Levels under plan for sixth formers to study five subjects including ‘some… Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Apprenticeships, Party Conferences 2023 Keegan ‘focussed’ on ‘wasteful’ apprenticeship drop outs ‘I can’t understand why they [completion rates] are not 99%. Who would give up that opportunity?’ Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Newer 1 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 811 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
