SEND ‘Worry’ over as doomed SEND college is saved by Big Issue The ‘outstanding’ college feared closure after an eviction notice from Hounslow Council Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Colleges, Ofsted Shrewsbury College celebrates ‘outstanding’ Ofsted result Landmark inspection outcome achieved just 5 years after the sixth form group controversially received the lowest possible grade FE Week Reporter 6d FE Week Reporter 6d Politics Lady Spielman and Lord Gove: Tories confirm peerages Two former education secretaries have also been given gongs Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Colleges Unions demand 10% pay rise amid looming strike threat This year’s AoC negotiations will also include measures to tackle “impossible” workloads Josh Mellor 1w Josh Mellor 1w Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w DfE DfE seeks job share director to oversee T Levels and level 3 reforms It’s the second senior skills role to be shared by two people announced in recent months Josh Mellor 2w Josh Mellor 2w Colleges Luminate boss to retire National leader of FE Colin Booth to step down from Luminate Education Group after 40 years in education Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w skills Ministers funding LSIPs until at least September Recommissioning of bodies responsible for the plans will take place later this year Josh Mellor 2w Josh Mellor 2w Colleges Creating ESOL courses isn’t ‘voluntary work’, says tribunal Tribunal notes ‘significant failure of HR’ for lack of communication with hourly paid staff Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w T Levels T Levels for adults ‘under review’ amid ‘very little interest’ Only one college recruited a standalone group of adults Josh Mellor 2w Josh Mellor 2w Colleges It’s not only Leeds and Manchester desperate for demographic boom help, say leaders The number of 16 to 18-year-olds is projected to rise by 20 per cent between 2017 and 2028 Josh Mellor 2w Josh Mellor 2w Apprenticeships Kaplan tops apprenticeship revenue charts as level 7 verdict looms QA and Multiverse also rose up the ranks in 2022-23, according to data finally released this week Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w 1 2 3 4 5 6 802 Older Must read Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
