Colleges, Industrial action Hopwood Hall College staff win another significant pay rise Most lecturers to receive 9.2% increase, on top of last year’s 7.5% rise Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Ofsted, Training Providers Ofsted plans ‘shadow nominee’ for training providers during inspections Inspectorate says it wants to ‘ease the burden’ currently placed on one person’s shoulders and ‘help the sector with… Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News Temporary apprenticeship funding band uplifts planned for later this month, DfE reveals Providers will need to ‘present conclusive evidence that costs of delivery have been substantially impacted’ Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News Former skills minister Matt Hancock set to join I’m A Celebrity… He was suspended from the Conservative Party after the news emerged today FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y Politics Two former schools ministers to run for education committee chair Robin Walker and Jonathan Gullis throw their hats in the ring to succeed Robert Halfon Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Cost of living Cost of living: 8 in 10 providers warn of soaring salary and facility costs Survey outlines stark picture trainers are facing amid the economic gloom Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News School and college system minister Baroness Barran stays on The appointment seems to complete the new Department for Education ministerial line-up John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y News Claire Coutinho appointed education minister The former investment banker joins Nick Gibb and Rob Halfon who are set to be named schools minister and… John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y News A ‘British Baccalaureate’? What you need to know New PM Rishi Sunak wants to reform post-16 education, but there are two big hurdles: time and the returning… John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Politics Robert Halfon and Nick Gibb return as education ministers It comes as PM Rishi Sunak is reportedly planning education reforms including a new ‘British baccalaureate’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Colleges and providers ‘don’t really know’ if tutoring is working, Ofsted finds Watchdog also found some sessions put on simply for students to do coursework assignments or exam revision Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News King Charles laments lack of vocational education and ‘abandoned’ apprenticeships The King says apprenticeships are ‘vital’ in one-off-episode of The Repair Shop Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Newer 1 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 816 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4w Jessica Hill 4w Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo