News

Times Education Commission adds voice to calls for new ‘baccalaureate’

It is estimated to cost the government an extra £1.2bn a year

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Billy Camden
Industrial action

Strike votes open at 33 colleges

Industrial ballots opened today and will close on July 15

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Billy Camden
News

DfE permanently scraps annual FE learner and employer satisfaction surveys

The survey is usually taken by hundreds of thousands of students and has run for most of the past...

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Billy Camden
News

DfE seeks brokers to level up SME apprenticeships in the north

Intermediaries told to also focus on boosting numbers of young apprentices

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship funding at risk for slow progress drop-outs

But providers are up in arms about the bureaucracy of the 'impractical' new rule

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Billy Camden
News

ESFA appoints David Withey as next permanent chief executive

He replaces Eileen Milner who resigned last year

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

ESFA finally launches Tripadvisor-style feedback feature for apprentices

Apprentices can now give anonymous feedback and the results will appear on Find Apprenticeship Training

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Billy Camden
Industrial action

Union targets college’s open days for strikes as ‘fire and rehire’ row escalates

Staff at Richmond upon Thames College have warned they will strike during open days as a bitter dispute over...

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Billy Camden
Industrial action

College strike called off after staff win pay rise of up to 7.5%

It comes weeks after the AoC recommended that college staff should be given a 2.25% pay rise next year

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Billy Camden