Editorial: ‘Scrap the blasted landscape’! Passions ran high in the Lords’ Skills Bill debate Readers must be mindful though that government defeats are easier to achieve in the Lords than in the Commons
DfE throws new lifeline to City College Southampton pending final verdict The college had been faced with running out of cash next month
DfE sets off on £17m hunt for HGV bootcamp training providers The DfE has upped the budget and is now looking for nearly twice the number of drivers they were originally
College brings back face masks after rise in Covid cases It comes after a cases in Derbyshire increased by 6.5 per cent in a week
Tributes paid after death of ‘larger than life’ principal John Callaghan Callaghan has been called an ‘exceptional’ principal by sector leaders
MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 365 This week’s edition features Claire Barker, Matt Telling, and Marc Gillham
ETF mulls scheme to bring out-of-work professionals into FE teaching It comes after the Department for Education admitted there are ‘significant difficulties’ recruiting FE teachers
Calls grow for reform of ELQ rules Former Conservative ministers and trade union bosses have both called for retraining rules to be relaxed
NCFE scoops £38m prize in battle for T Level contracts The charity has beaten City & Guilds and Pearson to become the flagship qualifications’ largest awarding body