Sponsored post Sponsored OCN London joins forces with the Met Police to help widen participation in the police service OCN London, a nationally recognised awarding organisation and Access Validation Agency (AVA), has developed a new Access to HE… OCN London 3w OCN London 3w News DfE seeks brokers to level up SME apprenticeships in the north Intermediaries told to also focus on boosting numbers of young apprentices Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Apprenticeships Apprenticeship funding at risk for slow progress drop-outs But providers are up in arms about the bureaucracy of the ‘impractical’ new rule Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w News ESFA appoints David Withey as next permanent chief executive He replaces Eileen Milner who resigned last year Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Apprenticeships ESFA finally launches Tripadvisor-style feedback feature for apprentices Apprentices can now give anonymous feedback and the results will appear on Find Apprenticeship Training Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Industrial action Union targets college’s open days for strikes as ‘fire and rehire’ row escalates Staff at Richmond upon Thames College have warned they will strike during open days as a bitter dispute over… Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Industrial action College strike called off after staff win pay rise of up to 7.5% It comes weeks after the AoC recommended that college staff should be given a 2.25% pay rise next year Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden 4w Colleges ONS reclassification review: Colleges given weeks to submit borrowing and other financial data The Education and Skills Funding Agency today asked colleges for ‘immediate assistance’ to provide a debt return Will Nott 4w Will Nott 4w News Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022: Who received what in FE? Picking up the damehood was Ann Limb, who has over 25 years of experience in FE and was appointed… Will Nott 1mo Will Nott 1mo Apprenticeships SME cap on apprenticeship starts reset again to 0 The decision follows mounting pressure from the sector Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo WorldSkills WorldSkills Shanghai cancelled again due to Covid The global skills competition was scheduled to take place in October Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Colleges Major review launched to bring colleges back into public sector After ten years in the private sector, the ONS are now considering whether to reclassify colleges as public sector… Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 649 Older Must read Colleges, Exams Colleges fork out for taxis and b&bs to get students to exams during rail strikes Students resorted to sleepovers and parents took days off work to get their children to college on time Jason Noble 1w Jason Noble 1w News Long read How the cost of living crisis is taking its toll on FE students Leaders reveal how families are now struggling to feed and clothe their children Jason Noble 1w Jason Noble 1w Colleges Union rejects AoC’s ‘totally unacceptable’ new pay offer for college staff The pay offer has been upped to 2.5% from 2.25% Jason Noble 2w Jason Noble 2w Next 3 stories Funding Soaring inflation wipes out skills budget boost Ministers have been urged to immediately add an extra £350 million a year in skills funding on top of… Will Nott 2w Will Nott 2w News Times Education Commission adds voice to calls for new ‘baccalaureate’ It is estimated to cost the government an extra £1.2bn a year Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Colleges Major review launched to bring colleges back into public sector After ten years in the private sector, the ONS are now considering whether to reclassify colleges as public sector… Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo