News

Revealed: Learner satisfaction scores for 2018/19

Overall learner satisfaction with FE providers slightly increased this year, according to new government figures. The Department for Education...

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Billy Camden
News

Rollout of national retraining scheme gets underway

The government has finally revealed details of the first phase of the national retraining scheme, with the launch of...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

The new head of the IfATE must address the quality assurance conundrum

It’ll be an overflowing in-tray for Jennifer Coupland, but Tom Bewick believes he knows the most urgent task The...

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Tom Bewick
News

Nearly a dozen unions challenge college for union reps after lecturer sacked

Ten trade unions are involved in a dispute with a cash-strapped college that trains “thousands” of their members each...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education announces new chief executive

The new chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is top skills civil servant Jennifer Coupland....

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

IfATE delays controversial £40 per apprentice fee

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has pushed back its £40 per learner charge for apprenticeship quality assurance...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

UCU plans 15 days of strikes at college involved in contracts row

A college involved in a bitter row over pay is facing weeks of staff walkouts when the new academic...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Capital ideas: new CEO on his plans to rejuvenate finances of London mega-college

A huge 5 per cent staff pay rise costing over £2 million per year was a big win for...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

FE Commissioner recommends 3-way split for Hadlow College Group

The FE Commissioner has recommended that the Hadlow College Group be split-up and taken on by three colleges, FE...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden