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Sir Kevan Collins resigns as government education recovery tsar

The government’s education recovery commissioner Sir Kevan Collins has offered his resignation after ministers allocated just £1.4 billion in…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Prison educators plan further strikes in health and safety dispute

Another wave of strike action by educators has been announced at 49 prisons and young offenders’ institutions.  The University…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Covid-19

Revealed: Government plans to expand 16-19 Covid tuition fund

The government has published plans to expand the 16-19 Tuition Fund as part of a £1.4 billion package of…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Sponsored post

UAL Awarding Body: an adaptable and supportive community

As we close in on summer results, let’s take some lessons from the adaptability of creative students and educators,…

UAL Awarding Body
UAL Awarding Body
Land-based, Long read

Land-based colleges lose millions in commercial income

From the drop in the price of cream to zero weddings, the land-based colleges sector has lost millions of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Apprenticeships

How the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is growing in stature

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is “looking forward to playing an even bigger role” following the publication…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


News

Lessons learned from training through the pandemic

College leaders have shared the key lessons and insights they have learned from delivering training through the pandemic in…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Legal apprentice provider penalised by watchdog

A leading commercial training provider for the legal profession has been reprimanded by Ofsted for being too “inexperienced” to…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Colleges publish ethnicity pay data in bid to increase diversity

Colleges are revealing the pay gaps between their staff’s ethnic groups in a bid to tackle under-representation in the…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
AEB

Secrecy fuels suspicions as DfE refuses to share AEB clawback evidence

The government has refused to share the evidence used to justify its controversial adult education clawback plans – fuelling…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Spielman bags two more years as Ofsted chief inspector

Amanda Spielman has been given two extra years in the role of Ofsted chief inspector, the Department for Education…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

City & Guilds fined £50K over ‘unfit’ qualifications

Education giant City and Guilds is facing a £50,000 penalty from Ofqual after it was found an assignment for…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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community cohesion

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
Jessica Hill
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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

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Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel