Colleges, Industrial action Teachers at 39 colleges will strike this autumn UCU confirms 29 more colleges will join the 10 already confirmed to strike over pay this autumn. Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Prison education Fred Sirieix’s prisoner-run restaurants to expand to boost hospitality skills First Dates star’s charity turns prison mess kitchens into high street style restaurants and trains inmates in hospitality skills. Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y AEB, Devolution Adult funding rates set to rise in London A funding uplift of 3.5 per cent will apply to courses at level 2 and below for London residents… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Levelling Up, Skills reform Roundtable Discussion | Learner needs should be equal to employer needs to truly level up Watch the latest FE Week roundtable discussion, in partnership with NCFE FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y Ofsted Ofsted job cut inspection warning, plus 7 more annual account findings Ofsted’s annual report has revealed concerns around funding and inspector turnover. Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker and Jason Noble 3y T Levels Third of first T Level students apply for university courses UCAS data indicates a third of the first T Level students have applied for university courses, as well as… Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Ofsted Provider rated ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted finds apprentices training other apprentices Code Nation Ltd accused of not recruiting learners with integrity. Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Higher education, Ofsted Ofsted slams ‘inconsistent quality’ of apprenticeships at another university Quality of learning for apprentices raised by Ofsted in visit to University of Chester Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Training Providers Firm that took over Learndirect goes bust New owners have failed to secure enough skills contracts to clear ‘significant liabilities’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges Revealed: Brooklands College resizing plans to ensure ‘financial security’ The college has been fighting for survival since being stung by a £20m apprenticeship scandal in 2019 Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Politics Andrea Jenkyns: 12 facts about the new skills, further and higher education minister We delve into the facts about new skills, FE and HE minister Andrea Jenkyns Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Skills reform Doubt cast on government skills reform plan by public spending watchdogs The National Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee outline concerns over whether skills reform plans will work. Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Newer 1 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 821 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
