News Government’s £20k carrot for college teachers Graduates will be offered grants of up to £20,000 to teach at FE colleges, Business Secretary Vince has announced…. Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News New FE professionalism body launched The FE sector’s new professionalism and standards organisation, the Education and Training Foundation, launched today. The body, funded by… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News New principal hopes for turnaround at ‘inadequate’ City College Coventry A new principal has been appointed at City College Coventry just months after its disastrous inspection report. Former City of… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News SFA to pay up to £900 per work placement The Skills Funding Agency has announced rates from £500 to £900 for work placements in the government’s new traineeship… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News FE Commissioner selection ongoing The new FE Commissioner is yet to be appointed despite interviews by officials from the Department for Business, Innovation… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Skills call on LEPs accepted by government The government has accepted a recommendation that skills should be a core priority for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPS). The… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Ten colleges with half billion pound total income join forces Ten colleges in the North West have joined forces to form a joint venture company boasting a combined income… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Education Funding Agency to publish 16 to 18 payments The Education Funding Agency is to start publishing information on the value of providers’ 16 to 18 delivery, FE… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News EFA name first seven colleges allowed to recruit full time 14 and 15-year-olds Seven colleges will be taking up the opportunity, for the first time, to directly enrol full-time 14 and 15 year… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Apprenticeships reforms ‘precisely what’s needed’ Proposals to reform the apprenticeship funding system have been welcomed by former Dragons’ Den investor Doug Richard, nine months… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Government says sorry to college A Dorset college that was wrongly labelled as under-performing in official statistics has won an apology. Kingston Maurward College,… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Household names get SFA budget cuts Government funding budgets for training at major UK firms has been slashed, new figures have shown. Firms such as… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 819 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
