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Is pushing ahead with T-levels fair on young people?

The top civil servant at the DfE, responsible for the “feasibility of public spending” has concluded that T-levels need delaying for a second year. Jonathan Slater’s formal “ministerial direction” means the civil service feels the need to tell the National Audit Office, the Treasury and the Public Accounts Committee there are “feasibility and consequential value-for-money […]

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London needs proper control of its adult education budget

The office of the mayor of London responds to criticisms that it plans to top-slice £3 million from the adult education budget next year There is no doubt that how we educate and train people throughout their lives has a profound impact not only on their own chances in life but also on London’s and […]

Opinion

Film director Danny Boyle discusses his career with students

Film director Danny Boyle has paid a visit to East Norfolk Sixth-Form College to discuss his illustrious career. Over 600 staff members and students gathered to hear from the man whose movie credits include Trainspotting, 127 Hours and Steve Jobs talk about his film industry career and the projects he’s currently working on, including his […]

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Strike called off at Bradford College after voluntary redundancy concession

Strike action at Bradford College has been called off at the last minute, after it agreed to reopen its voluntary redundancy scheme. Members of the University and College Union who work at the college, which was hit with two financial notices to improve in recent months and was bailed out twice in December, had been due […]

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ESFA switches from intervention to prevention

The Education and Skills Funding Agency is switching its strategy from intervention to prevention, ahead of the introduction of the FE insolvency regime later this year. The change has been revealed in series of job adverts for members of a new provider market oversight team at the agency, out today. “The prevention strategy seeks to […]

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HE has a HESA – why can’t FE have a FESA?

A “data deficit” is responsible for the persistent failure of UK skills policy, explains Andy Norman, who wants to establish a new FE statistics agency While it may seem like the skills discourse is reaching a political crescendo, appreciation of its importance is really nothing new. Researchers and politicians alike have waxed lyrical about the […]

Opinion

Extra £500 per learner through maths teaching pilot

Providers in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country will be given an extra £500 per learner for post-16 maths teaching, in a pilot announced today by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. It will test three different approaches to using the funding, to assess which is most effective at improving results for […]

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College principals can’t afford to be charismatic, claims deputy FE commissioner

The days of the charismatic principal are gone, according to a deputy FE commissioner. John Hogg (pictured above) told delegates at the Skills and Education Group’s annual conference in Nottingham today that the role of college bosses is changing. A former principal of Middlesbrough, Wolverhampton and Coventry colleges, he also warned that some colleges leaders […]

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MP joining 2 day Hull College strike starting tomorrow

Striking staff Hull College will be joined on the picket line by their local MP Emma Hardy tomorrow as they walk out for a second time in an ongoing row about job cuts. Members of the University and College Union are protesting plans to slash 231 jobs at the college, which is currently subject to […]

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