Jo Grady hits back at claims of UCU election breaches Full account of Grady showdown with election opponents at certification officer hearing
Watchdog to hear claims Jo Grady broke UCU election rules The general secretary narrowly won the 2024 ballot by 182 votes
UCU staff to stage 11-day walk out over alleged ‘trade union victimisation’ Leaders of the union call the claims ‘categorically untrue’
First college report cards flag dropout risks and GCSE weaknesses Inspectors hand out ‘needs attention’ grades to colleges with poor retention rates amongst 16-18 learners
AI Skills Hub risks ‘copy and paste of past failure’ New AI skills hub initiative reeks of pandemic-era ‘skills toolkits’ failures
Prison education time slashed by one quarter, MoJ admits Ministers stress rising costs means prison education delivery must be squeezed
DfE revises approach to Ofsted grades in apprenticeship accountability framework Three ‘supplementary indicators’ have also been suspended, and the past planned end date measure has been refined
DfE probe finds Pathway First enrolled learners without consent Funding was also claimed with no proof learners existed
Disadvantaged apprentices more likely to drop out, researchers find New study also warns of a ‘wage penalty’ associated with apprenticeship withdrawals