Skills bootcamps: Study finds ‘inappropriate’ interviews and already-skilled workers on courses Research of wave 2 bootcamps finds more than half of learners already have level 4 or above qualifications
Do we need LEPs after all? Local enterprise partnerships explain what may be lost on the local skills front if LEPs are defunded
Ofsted reports discomfort at ‘blurred boundaries’ between UTC learners and staff Inspectors drop ‘outstanding’ UTC Reading to ‘inadequate’ in new report
Ministers lift ban on skills bootcamps for Restart participants DfE and DWP confirm Restart participants can do skills bootcamps from April
DfE scraps apprentice cap for small businesses Skills Minister Robert Halfon says small businesses can recruit as many apprentices as they need from April
Nottingham provider ‘taken by surprise’ over Ofsted ‘inadequate’ report Provider says Ofsted’s report ‘doesn’t reflect feedback’ on site
College student suicide risk on the rise, ‘stark’ report reveals AoC mental health survey finds 95 per cent of colleges reporting increase in mental health disclosures
Unions submit 15% college pay demand to AoC Negotiations to begin on April 19 over unions’ 15 per cent pay request
Keegan resists calls to rethink BTEC defunding plan Leaders warn it ‘makes absolutely no sense’ to press on with axing existing level 3s.