New alliance to offer fellowships for FE staff Colleges will have to be a member of both organisations and have ‘chartered status’ for staff to be eligible.
Major review launched to bring colleges back into public sector After ten years in the private sector, the ONS are now considering whether to reclassify colleges as public sector organisations.
MBE for AoC’s Mary Vine-Morris The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said the MBE was ‘testimony to Mary’s long-standing support for further education in London’.
Plans to de-merge Lewisham College from NCG revealed NCG and London South East Colleges are understood to be in discussions about the future of FE in Lewisham.
Apprentice pay: ‘£4.81 an hour isn’t enough to live on. It’s crippling.’ Low-paid apprenticeships are becoming ‘unaffordable’ for learners and are contributing to low take-up, according to providers.
In search of new college governors: DfE opens tender for board recruitment service The successful bidder will have three years to place at least 134 governors on college boards in return for £485,000
REVEALED: UK elite skills team to go for gold at Worldskills The country’s top technical students and apprentices have been chosen to represent the UK at the world’s elite skills competition.
Level 2 qualifications review ‘materially flawed’ Providers and awarding organisations have had their say on the government’s level 2 qualifications review. Here’s what the sector had to say.
College and ITP teachers will be in scope for lifetime bans, DfE confirms Powers to issue lifetime bans for teachers guilty of serious misconduct will be extended to FE, the DfE has confirmed.