IfATE Five things we learned from IfATE’s 2023 annual report The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has published its annual accounts for 2022/23. This is the fifth annual… Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Colleges Colleges to receive nearly £500m to fund staff pay rises Extra funding means pay negotiations can recommence Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Exams Missed deadline risks thousands of BTEC results Scores of schools and colleges missed the July 5 BTEC data deadline Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Adult education, Skills reform Government scraps plans to limit ‘employment only’ adult education outcomes DfE will rename non-qual courses and reinstate health and community outcomes Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y WorldSkills Over 400 students and apprentices chosen for 2023 WorldSkills UK national finals Over 400 have been chosen to compete to find UK’s best in range of technical skills subjects Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Apprenticeships, Ofsted ‘Almost all’ B&M apprentices left training, Ofsted finds Inspectors rates large retailer B&M apprenticeship programme as ‘inadequate’ Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Adult education, Apprenticeships, Training Providers Babington to cut over 100 staff in ‘strategic realignment’ New CEO scraps AEB, bootcamps and some apprenticeships Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y WorldSkills Ben Blackledge named WorldSkills UK CEO Blackledge promoted to CEO position after two months as interim Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Ofsted ESFA allows ‘inadequate’ apprenticeship provider to keep contract Inspectors now say the provider has made ‘reasonable progress’ across the board Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Apprenticeships, Ofsted Engineering training provider scoops another ‘outstanding’ Inspectors praise TTE Training’s ‘highly ambitious curriculum’ and ‘relentless’ focus on safeguarding Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Colleges, T Levels Colleges share £100m for ‘fit for purpose’ T Level-ready buildings 107 projects win cash for wave five of the rollout Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Adult education, Devolution West Mids to fund ‘study programmes’ for young adults Young adults to benefit from a raft of measures set to boost the number of level 3 qualifications in… Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Newer 1 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 802 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