News Principals launch ‘Good for ME, Good for FE’ volunteering campaign A trio of leading college bosses have today launched an initiative to raise £1 million in “social value” through… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Bids invited for new £9.5m FE professional development grants Applications for a £9.5 million government pilot to bolster teacher training in the further education sector have opened today…. Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Baker’s back: Could schools be sued for limiting careers advice? The architect of the Baker clause is attempting to use the Skills Bill to strengthen the law, which could… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Schools and colleges shut out from submitting teacher grades after exam board portal crashes Schools and colleges are shut out from submitting teacher grades, just a day before the deadline, after an exam… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive High-profile college leader to step down The president of the Association of Colleges is retiring as chief executive of one of England’s largest college groups… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News What Pearson found in its survey on the future of exams Eight of out ten teachers believe high stakes exams should be taken throughout the year, and most want more… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Education secretary to open Festival of Education 2021: how to watch Education secretary Gavin Williamson will open the Festival of Education today, kickstarting the two-week long virtual event. The festival… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive DfE scraps ‘ludicrous’ bootcamp research and launches leak investigation The Department for Education has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn by dropping “secret” plans to ban thousands of… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted Ofsted bosses contradictory over limiting inspection grades for poor careers advice A confused picture has emerged after Ofsted’s chief inspector contradicted her FE director on whether poor careers advice could… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Skills Bill: Labour to seek amendments to local skills improvement plans and IfATE powers Labour will seek amendments to the Skills Bill so that metro mayors have a bigger role in local skills… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Feature, News Exclusive Can the Centres for Excellence master the GCSE resit problem? The Centres for Excellence in Maths are headed into their fourth year. With just two years of funding left, FE… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News DfE reforms to BTECs and other level 3 quals will hit disadvantaged students hardest, sector warns Government plans to remove funding for the majority of BTECs will hit the most disadvantaged young students the hardest,… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 821 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
