Sponsored post Sponsored Sandwell College and NHS Trust launch £18 million Learning Campus, creating hundreds of jobs and training opportunities in the West Midlands Sandwell College and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust recently announced a landmark agreement, which is set to secure… Advertorial 11mo Sandwell College 11mo News Curriculum review call for evidence: what FE needs to know The government has this morning published a call for evidence for its wide-ranging curriculum and assessment review. We already… Josh Mellor 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo Skills England Skills England publishes first report New body, currently operating in shadow form, provides first assessment of skills needs Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo Politics, Skills reform Shorter apprenticeships and level 7 restrictions confirmed by Starmer PM also pledges to introduce ‘foundation’ apprenticeships Billy Camden 11mo Billy Camden 11mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Level 7 apprenticeships face the axe in levy reform, sources say Government to set out plans for new growth and skills levy, including shorter apprenticeships and foundation apprenticeships Billy Camden 11mo Billy Camden 11mo DfE DfE has made the FE pay case ‘strongly’ to Treasury, says skills minister Jacqui Smith tells Labour Party conference delegates to ‘wait and see’ what the budget holds Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel and Billy Camden 11mo Apprenticeships, Long read Long read Why learning from neighbours could guide our apprenticeship reforms Reforms are coming to the apprenticeship system in England and the Labour government has been showered with suggestions about… Jessica Hill 11mo Jessica Hill 11mo News Apprenticeship provider goes bust after surviving grade 4 Ofsted A specialist engineering apprenticeship training provider has gone bust, leaving behind debts of more than £350,000 to several colleges…. Josh Mellor 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo Skills reform Revive Sector Skills Councils alongside Skills England, says C&G Skills England is ‘not a new idea’ for English skills development, report finds Josh Mellor 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo Strikes UCU staff strike called off as talks continue Individual public statements also banned until dispute is settled, which sparks hypocrisy accusations Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo Pay AoC warns of 2% limit to college pay recommendation for 2024/25 FE workers still in limbo on 2024/25 pay rise Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo News Apprenticeship levy reform is like opening ‘Pandora’s box’, Labour warned FE Week explores where the proposed growth and skills levy has got to ahead of the party’s conference next… Billy Camden 11mo Billy Camden 11mo Newer 1 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 819 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
