Prison education

Fred Sirieix’s prisoner-run restaurants to expand to boost hospitality skills

First Dates star's charity turns prison mess kitchens into high street style restaurants and trains inmates in hospitality skills.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
T Levels

Third of first T Level students apply for university courses

UCAS data indicates a third of the first T Level students have applied for university courses, as well as...

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Ofsted

Provider rated ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted finds apprentices training other apprentices

Code Nation Ltd accused of not recruiting learners with integrity.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Higher education, Ofsted

Ofsted slams ‘inconsistent quality’ of apprenticeships at another university

Quality of learning for apprentices raised by Ofsted in visit to University of Chester

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Politics

Andrea Jenkyns: 12 facts about the new skills, further and higher education minister

We delve into the facts about new skills, FE and HE minister Andrea Jenkyns

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Jason Noble
Politics

Andrea Jenkyns named skills, further and higher education minister

She joined the DfE in the reshuffle by outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Skills reform

Doubt cast on government skills reform plan by public spending watchdogs

The National Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee outline concerns over whether skills reform plans will work.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
T Levels

Minister claims 90% of first-wave T Level students secured work placements

Unpublished internal data at the Department for Education was referenced at education questions.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
A-levels

Changes to GCSE blamed for ‘crisis’ drop in A-level English exam entries

A-level English entries for 2022 are 35% lower than a decade ago.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble