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Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets

Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding

News, Adult education

We took a hard look at soft skills to prepare students for work

Heart of Worcestershire College’s 5Cs initiative integrates attributes demanded by employers into every aspect of student experience

Opinion, The Staffroom - opinion

Esports in colleges: is rapid growth in provision fair game for criticism?

More than 100 FE colleges in England now offer esports courses, but homegrown job vacancies in the industry are only in the double figures. Jessica Hill hears insider opinion is split between ‘growth area’ and ‘gimmick’

Feature, News, Long read

Demand for industry training board merger rejected

‘No plans to legislate’ for a merger between CITB and ECITB, DfE says after independent review

News, DfE

It’s dumb to leave adults lagging in the AI revolution

Without better funding for local learning, adults with weak digital skills cannot hope to keep up with AI advancements

Opinion, Adult education

No teaching experience? You’ll fit right in at the DfE

The dangers posed by generalist civil servants who have never stepped inside an FE college

Opinion, The Uncivil Servant

The FE fashion school where change is always on trend

Fashion Retail Academy principal Lee Lucas on the impact of 20 years of industry transformation- from physical shops to same-day deliveries, influencers and drone flying A delicate fragrance lingers in the air as I pass through the grand pillared archway under a stained-glass goddess, and into the home of the Fashion Retail Academy. The lavish […]

Profiles, Long read

Boris’s rushed retraining scheme created huge underspend 

Most of the money has been quietly returned to the Treasury

News, Devolution, DfE

Unions could strike back with post-Tory learning fund revival

Gavin Williamson blitzed it but government-backed union training could return under a new guise now Labour holds power. By the time Gavin Williamson scrapped the Union Learning Fund (ULF) in 2021, over two million people had used it to access training. Labour accused the then education secretary of ditching the £12 million a year scheme […]

Feature, News, Long read, Skills reform