Author: Billy Camden

A huge 5 per cent staff pay rise costing over £2 million per year was a big win for the University and College Union in November, and for the time being, this settlement put an end to troublesome disputes at Capital City Colleges Group. But a closer look by FE Week has found unplanned multi-million-pound […]

The FE Commissioner has recommended that the Hadlow College Group be split-up and taken on by three colleges, FE Week can reveal. Richard Atkins’ team has made the recommendation following a review of the scandal-hit group, which saw Hadlow College become the first provider to fall under the new insolvency regime with the appointment of […]

The principal of a college engulfed in quality and financial concerns racked up a £5,000 phone and data bill in four years, figures obtained by The Portsmouth News reveal. The expenditure by Stella Mbubaegbu at Highbury College, which one union has said sends a “damaging message” to staff, comes as FE Week continues to battle […]

The first batch of colleges that will receive cash from the government’s T-levels capital fund have been revealed. Eleven of them will share £8.65 million to help build new classrooms and refurbish buildings in readiness for the introduction of the new technical qualifications in September 2020. Further cash from the fund, which totals £38 million, […]

A “shock” new rule that will require thousands of subcontracting contracts to be rewritten will have a phased implementation, the Education and Skills Funding Agency has revealed. It will only apply from 1 December 2019 for new learner and apprentice starts where existing subcontracts need to be revised. But for new starts where a new […]

The colleges to take part in the first round of the phased implementation of the T-levels “transitional” course have been named. The programme, recommended by Lord Sainsbury in his technical education report in July 2016, will be for 16-year-olds to take if they are not ready to start a T-level at level three, but can […]

A new inquiry into the current state of adult education and lifelong learning is being launched by the House of Commons education select committee. Former apprenticeships and skills minister Robert Halfon (pictured), who chairs the committee, will make the announcement during a speech at an event hosted by the Centre for Social Justice in London […]

Providers and employers are being asked for their views on the draft content for three more T-level pathways. A consultation, launched by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education today, is for courses in business and administration, human resources, and hair and beauty. The deadline for responses is 6 August. The pathways are expected to […]

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has “shocked” hundreds of providers by requiring thousands of subcontracting contracts to be rewritten just four weeks before the new academic year. The agency is demanding that all subcontracting contracts, for both adult education budget and apprenticeship funding, include for the first time a “list of individually itemised, specific […]