ITPs squeezed out by pre-devolution pilot More cash handed to councils means less for national adult skills contracts pot
Unions win planning time for sixth form teachers Provision for admin and rules on absence cover are added to staff conditions
Bedroom gunpowder teen admits threats to bomb college Police discovered chemicals including thermite after students raised the alarm
Insolvency experts probe Acacia deal Sale and subsequent collapse of training firms comes under increasing scrutiny
HMRC drops VAT appeal but warns colleges over tax reliefs Colleges face uncertainty over whether they will lose access to discounts worth millions
Regulator probes collapse of engineering trainer Ditched staff at Oldham Training Centre fear loss of redundancy cash as deadline nears
Secrecy for seven ends as devolution budgets revealed Newly-devolved adult skills regions digest DWP allocations and discuss plans
CEO faces ruin after fighting directors’ bonus plan Court lands sacked boss with costs bill following his defence of non-profit business
Inquiry vote backed as City & Guilds members demand answers Trustees face anger over commercial-arm sale amid claims that concerns were ‘brushed aside’