Colleges Richmond residential college in cash crisis Adult residential college strained from large clawbacks, funding cuts and unsold property Anviksha Patel 2h Anviksha Patel 2h Colleges Newbury’s PFI quadrupled build cost of campus The West Berkshire college’s private finance contract will end next year Josh Mellor 4h Josh Mellor 4h Apprenticeships Apprenticeships for under-19s still sinking Foundation apprenticeships grew slightly but overall youth apprenticeships fall Shane Chowen 18h Shane Chowen 18h Colleges ESOL results crash at under-fire Sheffield College Achievement rates for level 1 regulated provision tanked by over 50 percentage points in a year Anviksha Patel 22h Anviksha Patel 22h Apprenticeships Level 7 apprenticeships spiked 345% in final two months Fresh figures show over 1 in 10 new apprenticeships were level 7 in the first half of this year Shane Chowen 1d Shane Chowen 1d Apprenticeships Apprenticeship achievement rate falls just short of 67% target Work and pensions secretary praises ‘good result’ as 2024-25 rate hits 65.4%, but urges sector to exceed 70% ‘in… Billy Camden 1d Billy Camden 1d Young people Match post-16 pupil premium plus funding with school rate, pilot leads say Councils urge for more equitable funding after research finds postcode lottery Anviksha Patel 2d Anviksha Patel 2d Colleges Northampton colleges plan to merge next year The proposed group would have a combined income of more than £70 million Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d Apprenticeships Battery apprenticeship unit added after ‘rapid’ employer consultation It comes a week after the first batch of 7 apprenticeships units was announced Billy Camden 4d Billy Camden 4d Young people Paying employers to hire youth ‘risks huge waste’ Labour will shell out up to £1 billion on job incentives for employers over the next three years Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d Long read, Young people Long read How one FE college is turning the tide on NEETs Jessica Hill visits a former branch of Debenhams, where Blackburn College has created the Launchpad hub to re-engage the… Jessica Hill 4d Jessica Hill 4d Apprenticeships Exclusive Civil servants raced to beat their own level 7 apprenticeship deadline ‘Contradictory’ government behaviour contributed to level 7 starts rush before funding ended in January Anviksha Patel 1w Anviksha Patel 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 853 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 4w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 4w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
