News FA pitches in to help the ‘Good for me, Good for FE’ campaign The footballing body will be signposting volunteers to a free, online course Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Colleges Two college strikes called off, but 13 more set to go ahead ‘We hope other employers take note and come back to the negotiating table’, says UCU Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Exclusive DfE and provider locked in legal battle over terminated contracts It is believed to be the first time a training provider has taken the DfE all the way to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Spending Review Spending review: AoC calls for largest ever FE cash boost The Association of Colleges is making its largest ever call for investment in FE. In its submission to Treasury… Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Politics ‘I have no time for snobbery in education’ – Keir Starmer Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has set out his vision for education and training. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Sponsored post Sponsored Train students and staff in mental health to maximise awareness in college Bishop Burton College explain the impact of Active IQ’s Mental Health Awareness course on their students Active iQ 4y Active iQ 4y CPD, WorldSkills Revealed: Second wave of providers and colleges chosen for WorldSkills UK’s Centre of Excellence Six colleges and two independent providers have been picked for England Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News ESFA fires warning shot to colleges over related party transactions The agency has found cases where conflicts have not been properly declared Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted Ofsted to review tutoring reforms The watchdog has been commissioned by ministers to review the catch-up policy. Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News DfE seeks bids for another college and employer collaboration fund The ‘skills accelerator progression fund’ has now been launched Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y CPD, Governance Institute of Directors takes over governor leadership training The Further Education Chairs Leadership Programme has been run by the Oxford Saïd Business School since 2018 Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Colleges, Long read Long read Focus feature: College improvement How do you improve a college with a demoralised staff, a financial notice, a bad Ofsted and a haemorrhaging… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y Newer 1 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 812 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 6d Jessica Hill 6d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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
