Feature, News Exclusive Investigation: College sector recruitment highs & lows after virus and exams fiasco As colleges re-open their doors after a summer like no other, staff have had to cross their fingers and… Jess Staufenberg 5y Jess Staufenberg 5y News College drops plans for ‘alternate week’ rota after parent complaints A college has dropped plans to alternate students between on-site provision and studying from home after an outcry from… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News UCU boss pockets £400k payoff a year after lambasting college principals as ‘greedy and hopelessly out of touch’ The general secretary of a leading college union who lambasted colleges for how much their principals earn was handed… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News College switches to ‘alternate week’ rota despite government promising full-time teaching A college has implemented an ‘alternate week’ timetable for 16 to 18-year-olds after concluding it did not have the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Apprentices to fill junior exec vacancies at DfE and ESFA Staff have been told that they must fill junior executive vacancies with apprentices, as part of a three-month trial… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Student numbers soaring at new UTC The first new university technical college to open its doors for two years has been deluged with students, while… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Colleges and ITPs miss out again on Covid relief funds A cash-strapped college is among more than a quarter of training providers to have had a bid for help… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Call for colleges to host employer hubs to help fill healthcare vacancies New employer hubs to “turbocharge greater college collaboration” with the NHS have been proposed to fill “significant workforce vacancies”… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive T Levels launch but classes not full Colleges and schools have missed two-thirds of their T Level enrolment targets, with digital proving to be the toughest… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Law to be changed to help those made redundant finish their apprenticeship The government is changing the law to allow more redundant apprentices to complete their course. A Statutory Instrument (SI)… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Team UK for EuroSkills Graz unveiled The elite team of skilled young people who will represent the UK at EuroSkills in Austria next year has… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE change of heart: catch-up funding can be for students with GCSE English and maths The government has given in to pressure to widen the number of students eligible for 16 to 19 catch-up… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 818 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 3d Jessica Hill 3d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
