Author: Nick Linford

Further education trade unions have met twice in the last week to discuss an ongoing pay row with the Association of Colleges (AoC), FE Week can reveal. Unions in attendance were Unison, the University and College Union (UCU), The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), the Association of Managers in Education (AMiE), Unite and the GMB. They […]

The 157 Group is set for expansion following a strategic review, chief executive Ian Pretty has revealed in an exclusive interview with FE Week in which he claimed that up to 15 colleges had already asked about signing up. The results of the review were explained at an event in London on Thursday (January 14) […]

Association of Teachers and Lecturers general secretary Dr Mary Bousted has told of her hopes that a consultation on reforming Functional Skills exams will boost their “credibility and value”. The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) unveiled its timetable for a “multi-stage” consultation on Thursday (January 14). A spokesperson told FE Week that it would be running “many different activities until late June” geared […]

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has unveiled the timetable for a “multi-stage” consultation on how maths and English Functional Skills qualifications should be reformed. A spokesperson told FE Week today that it will be running “many different activities until late June” geared towards collecting views on how the qualifications should be reformed by 2018. […]

Providers who dish out FE Free Meals cash to learners are set to be hit with a £15m cut to the overall bursary fund next academic year. The Education Funding Agency revealed in a letter to providers, published today, that it was moving to act over the issue of “double funding” — where providers had FE Free Meals […]

A parliamentary committee today called for government action after being told how one-third of transgender adult learners experienced “unacceptable” bullying or harassment. The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee (WEC), chaired by Basingstoke’s Conservative MP Maria Miller (pictured above), looked into the issue between September and November and published its report, entitled Transgender Equality, […]