Skills reform

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

Fraser Whieldon
Shane Chowen
Colleges

DfE throws new lifeline to City College Southampton pending final verdict

The college had been faced with running out of cash next month

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Bootcamps

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...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Covid-19

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

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Tributes paid after death of ‘larger than life’ principal John Callaghan

Callaghan has been called an 'exceptional' principal by sector leaders

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Movers and Shakers

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 365

This week's edition features Claire Barker, Matt Telling, and Marc Gillham

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
recruitment

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

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Skills reform

Calls grow for reform of ELQ rules

Former Conservative ministers and trade union bosses have both called for retraining rules to be relaxed

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
T Levels

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

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon