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College leadership failings continue to prove costly, and the education secretary is now seeking greater powers to take more direct action through the Skills Bill. But could one solution be to limit the time bosses are at the helm? FE Week takes a look… Most experts in the sector say the old days of a […]
Feature, News
MPs have called on Ofsted to cut schools off from the top two inspection grades if they fail to comply with the Baker Clause. In a report out today, the education select committee recommends a school be limited to a grade three under such circumstances. This comes days after Ofsted bosses caused confusion about whether […]
News, Ofsted
We need a revolution to close the potentially disastrous skills gap, writes Kirstie Donnelly Skills gaps are nothing new. But, since March 2020, the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic and a series of subsequent lockdowns simultaneously unlocked a wave of seismic change in the UK labour market, significantly changing the sorts of skills sought by […]
Opinion
Applications for a £9.5 million government pilot to bolster teacher training in the further education sector have opened today. The Department for Education has announced a four-week bidding window for the FE Professional Development Grants pilots, which will run in 2021/22. They will focus on strengthening staff’s skills and confidence in using technology to deliver […]
News
The architect of the Baker clause is attempting to use the Skills Bill to strengthen the law, which could lead to schools facing court action. Former education secretary Kenneth Baker hopes to repeat a move he pulled in 2017, when he got the government to accept the clause as an amendment to the Technical and […]
A confused picture has emerged after Ofsted’s chief inspector contradicted her FE director on whether poor careers advice could limit inspection grades. Chief inspector Amanda Spielman told the Commons education select committee this morning it was “unlikely” a school would receive an ‘outstanding’ rating if its careers guidance, namely compliance with the Baker Clause, was […]
Number 10 is seeking a “deputy director for education, jobs and skills” to work in a new unit set up to drive policy implementation. According to a job advert, the new £71,000 to £117,800-a-year role will be based in the Number 10 Delivery Unit, a new team within the Cabinet Office that “should grow to […]
Councils have had to respond to the collapse of some of their region’s biggest employers, writes Richard Leese As the vaccine is rolled out and the economy opens up, local government is turning its attention to planning and supporting recovery. With the powers to work in partnership with national government and others, councils can help […]
Being a digital native for employers is very different to how young people use their devices daily, writes Bev Jones Generation Z is regarded as digitally enabled. They are the generation that has grown up with technology being an inherent part of their lives – in the way they communicate, socialise and access entertainment. So […]
