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AoC senior pay policy: 5 main proposals for college leaders

The Association of Colleges has this morning published its proposed new senior staff pay code for colleges. FE Week…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

EPA assessor capacity: Will England be able to cope in the long-term?

By 2020, when the apprenticeship reforms will have taken full effect, there are likely to be around 500,000 end-point…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Schools falling short of new DfE rules on career guidance

Schools are failing to comply with new careers guidance rules, further fuelling concern from FE providers that the Baker clause…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Chartered Institution for Further Education on the ropes?

The head of the Chartered Institution for Further Education has insisted its survival is not hanging in the balance,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Unlimited subcontracting fees to end under London adult education budget devolution plan

Controversial management fees in subcontracting are set to be capped for the first time, FE Week can reveal. The…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

College leaders to be consulted on new senior staff pay policy

The Association of Colleges is developing new guidance for setting senior pay in colleges and will launch a consultation…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Major slash in store for apprenticeship funding rate bands

The Institute for Apprenticeships will soon confirm controversial changes to dozens of apprenticeship funding rate bands, according to the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Monthly apprenticeships update: June starts down 40 per cent on 2016

Apprenticeship starts for June are down 40 per cent on the same month in 2016 – but up 57…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Apprenticeship provision at two providers hangs in the balance following poor Ofsted monitoring visit reports

The apprenticeship provision at two ‘new’ providers hangs in the balance while the government reviews their early Ofsted monitoring…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

CITB pauses ‘reverse subcontracting’ negotiations with colleges after AoC steps in

The Construction Industry Training Board has paused discussions with colleges about its proposed “reverse subcontracting” deal following a meeting…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Unions and colleges to march on parliament to lobby for fair FE funding

Unions, college principals and staff will join forces on October 17 in a nationally coordinated lobby of MPs and…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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College pension contributions set to rise and could cause ‘financial crisis’ in FE

The employer contributions colleges pay towards teacher pensions look set to rise and could cost them an extra £100…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

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
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
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps

Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Frances Read