News AoC recommends ‘kick in the teeth’ 1% college staff pay rise – again Unions say staff will ‘rightly be furious at this offensive’ offer Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News DfE extends Covid workforce fund until Feb half-term The scheme was reintroduced last month amid rising rates FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y Covid-19, T Levels Covid delays Ofsted’s T Level research Yet another delay to Ofsted and T Levels Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Colleges, Covid-19 Land-based college handed finance warning as commercial income takes £1m hit The college received a visit from the FE Commissioner after its financial health dropped to ‘inadequate’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Colleges Good for Me, Good for FE on track to reach £1m volunteering target Colleges have been running community kitchens, foodbank drives and festive activities to generate social value Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Covid-19 Covid close contact daily testing brought back and air purifiers ‘marketplace’ launched Students will be expected to take tests for a week under new national approach FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y Colleges TEC Partnership leader appointed new Hull principal Gray becomes the college’s sixth leader in two years Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News College intervention – six things we learned in the FE Commissioner’s annual report There are fewer colleges in intervention, but the new commissioner warns of more budget pressures to come. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y SEND SEND review may be folded into schools white paper Sector leaders have welcomed the idea of a more “seamless” and “joined-up” system Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Covid-19 IfATE grants extensions to more apprenticeship assessment flexibilities The quango has become the latest official body to react to the new variant Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Ofsted Let’s talk about SAKS: Provider scores top Ofsted marks The provider was credited for working closely with employers, supporting its workforce, and for apprentices feeling safe Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Ofsted Moulton rises from the ashes: College climbs out of ‘inadequate’ The principal has credited the result to her ‘amazing team’ having ‘massively pulled together’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 832 Older Must read 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 3d Anviksha Patel 3d News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
