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Open University to partner with colleges to fill higher technical education cold spots

The government has backed the initiative with £10 million – cash which will be used to ‘increase the capability’ of around 10 to 12 colleges

News, Higher education

Principal chosen to captain new UK shipbuilding skills taskforce

Captain Dr Paul Little, who is chief executive of City of Glasgow College, will lead a team of 20 members from across the UK as part of the project

News

Week of strikes at London college begin over ‘fire and rehire’ threat

‘The management team at Richmond upon Thames are effectively putting a gun to the head of its own staff. It is deplorable behaviour, and it will be met with the full force of our union’

News, Industrial action

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 390

James Evans Head of Partnerships (South), SCL Education Group Start date: May 2022 Previous Job: Business Development Manager, SCL Group Interesting fact: With a passion for grass-roots football, James has coached Aylestone Park FC for six years and recently took them to league cup victory. Ros Parker Principla, Isle of Wight College Start date: September […]

Movers and Shakers

Not enough desks for DfE staff sent back to the office

Staff at the Department for Education have had to work in corridors and canteens after the government’s return-to-the-office edict because the DfE has almost twice as many workers as desks. Whole teams have been turned away from some offices because of over-crowding. And rural staff and those with caring responsibilities are considering their futures as […]

News

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 389

Rachel Nicholls Chief Executive, Inspire Education Group Start date: July 2022 Previous Job: Deputy CEO, Inspire Education Group Interesting fact: Rachel is a keen sportswoman and currently has a gold handicap of 12, she once played four rounds of golf in one day for Cancer Research, teeing off at 4am in the dark! Matt Laws […]

Movers and Shakers

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

News, Governance

Are you tackling cultural poverty among students?

Ofsted is inspecting for ‘cultural capital’, but limited experience of the world is still holding learners back, writes Josh Spears Have you ever felt like more and more learners are struggling to answer essay-style questions, not because they don’t know the facts, but because they lack good analysis? Maybe, like me, you teach GCSE English […]

Opinion, The Staffroom - opinion

T Levels will make the qualifications system less confusing

But other qualifications, including BTECs, will continue to play an important role alongside T Levels and A levels, writes Alex Burghart The skills and post-16 education act becoming law last month was a watershed moment in bringing our skills system into the future. From our clear-eyed analysis of what works here and abroad, we found […]

Opinion, Skills reform, T Levels