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Ofqual is beefing up its compliance teams as part of a crackdown on awarding bodies following high-profile mishaps and hefty fines. The exams regulator is looking to fill three “exciting new roles” with candidates who are experienced auditors. The “managers of compliance”, who will be paid up to £45,000 a year, will “plan, lead and […]
News
Extensive strikes due to start at Nottingham College today were called off at the eleventh hour after leaders offered a new deal – including reinstating pay for staff who previously signed up to “inferior” contracts. Members of the University and College Union had been due to walk out for a further 14 days this month, […]
A deal to end a long-running dispute at Bradford College has been reached after it agreed to a series of measures to improve staff security and pay – including an extra five days’ annual leave. Members of the University and College Union had taken 10 days of strike action between November 2018 and July 2019 […]
An unidentified construction firm is propping up the troubled Chartered Institution for Further Education (CIFE), as it pivots from being a membership body to conducting research for the sector. The revelation came in a blog published this week on the institution’s website, which also disclosed for the first time that it had paid its advocate, […]
Forty-five colleges and school sixth forms across England will need to find hundreds of 45-day industry placements as part of new “digital” T-levels next year. But last month Scarborough Sixth Form College pulled out of the programme as the principal did not feel confident in securing enough placements – a move which was applauded by […]
It’s time to stop thinking of a technological revolution and start planning for the technological transition, says Paul Feldman Colleges don’t compete for the basics. No principal has to think carefully about students’ access to hot running water or electricity. Once upon a time, those things seemed revolutionary. Today, we can’t imagine life without them. […]
Opinion
The National Retraining Scheme should be relaunched as a ‘traineeship for adults,’ according to the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP). The national membership organisation recommended the creation of a form of adult traineeship for unemployed and employed participants in a policy submission ahead of a Department for Education presentation at the AELP autumn […]
Charlotte Bosworth is quite happy to be known as the “end-point assessment woman”. Jess Staufenberg meets the very determined champion of apprenticeships The managing director of the small apprenticeship assessment body, Innovate Awarding, has the ear of the Department for Education. How? She has a history of turning up when no one tells her to, […]
Profiles
If Gavin Williamson seriously wants the UK to match the technical and vocational education opportunities offered by Germany by 2029, he needs to address the persisting stigmatisation and stereotyping of apprentices, says Niamh Mulhall As an apprentice I am all too aware of the perceptions and misconceptions surrounding apprenticeships. Young people are not just active […]
