College told to consider merger after pricey subcontracting fiasco Leaders also launch legal action against partners amid ‘significant’ ESFA clawback
MoJ’s prison service U-turns on mandatory apprenticeships Training requirements ‘put strain’ on prison safety, HMPPS says as thousands of custody officers drop out
DfE mistakenly gives university intervention powers to FE Commissioner New policy doc to be retracted after accidentally expanding FECs remit into HE
Ofsted downgrades large Birmingham college to ‘requires improvement’ Inspectors criticise low achievement rates and poor attendance at SCCB
Resilient Ricketts: How Brooklands was saved from going broke The story of a college’s fight for survival after a subcontracting scandal left it on the brink of insolvency
IfATE slated for apprenticeship assessment reform confusion Institute changes guidance AGAIN after sector outrage
Apprenticeship funding rules 2024/25: Changes you need to know Reforms to additional learning support, subcontracting, SEND FSQs and active learning are coming
Media provider praises ‘new era’ of inspection after jumping to ‘good’ The company went through a ‘traumatic’ Ofsted experience 18 months ago
Robert Halfon resigns as skills minister He will also stand down as Harlow’s MP in the upcoming general election