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14 May 2026

Author: Billy Camden

Hull College staff ‘overwhelmingly’ vote to strike over 200 job cuts

Staff at the financially troubled Hull College Group have “overwhelmingly” backed strike action in a bitter dispute over the potential loss of up to 231 full-time jobs. In total, 170 (79 per cent) of 214 the University and College Union members who voted at the college’s three campuses in Hull, Harrogate and Goole supported industrial […]

Future of Workers’ Educational Association threatened by devolution

A huge training provider that has been educating disadvantaged adults for over 100 years could “disappear” if it loses £7 million as a result of devolution, the House of Lords has heard. The Workers’ Educational Association expects to lose a third of its income when the adult education budget is devolved starting next year – […]

Bitter war of words intensifies between AELP and IfA

The Institute for Apprenticeships is the “biggest threat” to quality in apprenticeships, the boss of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has warned – in the latest war of words between the two organisations. Mark Dawe’s (pictured above) comment came this morning during an education select committee hearing, in which he claimed the institute […]

AoC Sport National Championships kicking off for their 40th year

The biggest sporting event in the college calendar promises to be extra special this year, as the AoC Sport National Championships celebrates its 40th anniversary with nearly 2,000 student athletes. As they did for the 2017 finals, the sporting stars will head to Nottingham this weekend to compete in the major event after qualifying through […]

The Skills Show rebrands as WorldSkills UK LIVE

The country’s biggest skills and careers event is getting a revamp and changing its name. Formerly known as The Skills Show, the event, which attracted 70,000 visitors last year, will from today be known as WorldSkills UK LIVE. The change has been made to align it more closely with the brand of the company that […]

CITB finds almost three quarters of Carillion apprentices new employers

Almost three quarters of the apprentices left jobless following the collapse of Carillion have secured new employment, following an “extraordinary effort” by the construction industry over the last month. At first, 700 were offered alternative apprenticeships by the end of January, after the outsourcing giant entered liquidation on the 15th. But attempts to move more […]

Catholic sixth-form colleges demand academisation protection

Frustration is reaching boiling point at Catholic sixth-form colleges over barriers to converting to academy status. Becoming an academy, and in doing so enjoying the luxury of not paying VAT, has been an option for nearly all SFCs since former chancellor George Osborne changed the rules in November 2015. However, a group of 14 which […]

£73m unspent adult education budget funding is absurd

The adult education budget has been significantly cut over the last decade, to the annual £1.5 billion it is today. And, we are told, as a result there are colleges in financial turmoil, training providers losing out in ESFA tenders, and ESOL courses with waiting lists in the thousands. Yet this week we reveal that […]