News 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive 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 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive 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 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive 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 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive 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 7y Billy Camden 7y News 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 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y 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 7y Jude Burke 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y News 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 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 830 Older Must read 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 14h Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 14h 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo