Prison education

Prison education: Treasury drags heels on pension guarantee

Private providers could pay ‘considerably less’ in pension contributions under new contract, unions warn

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Marples vs DfE trial set for 2025

DfE ordered to release ‘key’ evidence related to sales of other providers

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship levy turns into Treasury ‘cash cow’

Transparency demands mount amid skills crisis

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Higher education

1 in 3 colleges challenge TEF rating

Teaching excellence framework results revealed for first time since 2019

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
News

Four things we learned from the Employer Skills Survey 2022

Government mass survey of employers finds training investment continuing to ‘flatline’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Higher education

£40m fund launched to fix ‘market failures’ in degree apprenticeships

Unlike previous funds, providers new to degree apprenticeships can bid for a slice

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


News

Pepe Di’Iasio confirmed as ASCL’s next general secretary

He will replace Geoff Barton next April after no other candidates were nominated to oppose him

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships

DfE records £96m apprenticeship underspend in 2022-23

Just 4% of the total budget was handed back to Treasury

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

DfE to axe private providers from pre-service FE teacher training

Reforms announced amid ‘quality and value for money’ concerns

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
News

Jo Saxton to step down as Ofqual chief

She will become chief executive of UCAS in January

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Party Conferences 2023, Politics

The FE policies passed at the Lib Dems conference

Party outlines plans for apprenticeships, college funding, tutoring and more

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
News

Chris Russell to retire as Ofsted’s national director for education

Senior official will leave at the same time as chief inspector Amanda Spielman in December

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker

Must read

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