Colleges

‘£379m’ in college capital cash will return to Treasury via ‘penalising’ VAT rules

Academies were granted VAT exemptions in 2011

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Josh Mellor
Adult education

Adult learning dips after post-pandemic boom

Rates of learning also highlight societies deep inequalities, findings suggest

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Josh Mellor
Ofqual

Ofqual to publicly ‘rebuke’ rule-breaking awarding bodies

The regulator says the new punishment will help it take a more 'agile' approach

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Josh Mellor
skills

Government reveals skills strategy for clean energy sector in first ‘jobs plan’

Demand for skilled workers is forecast to double in the next five years

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Josh Mellor
Careers

New-look Jobcentres to swallow up 1,000 careers advisers

The move is part of an 'overhaul' of the Jobcentre offer

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Josh Mellor
Staff

DfE to tackle ‘contested and outdated theories’ in FE teacher training

Call for evidence launched to 'establish a baseline of appropriate, evidence-based pedagogical content'

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Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Jobs plans put onus on employers to hire within UK

'Expert' civil servants will lead on workforce skill strategies in a bid to lower immigration levels

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Josh Mellor
Prison education

‘Devastating’ prison education cuts will fuel reoffending, warns chief inspector

Many prisoners return to causing 'mayhem' in their community after their release

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

Principals scratch their heads over new improvement teams

FE leaders warn Labour’s regional improvement teams risk duplicating oversight already performed by the FE Commissioner

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Josh Mellor