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£30k starting salaries is good news for school teachers, but bad news for colleges

With more pressures on college costs and teacher starting salaries set to rise to £30k in schools, the gulf between staff pay in schools and colleges will only get wider without DfE intervention, writes David Hughes. Last week we published a report on the unprecedented challenges facing colleges in recruiting and retaining staff. We did […]

Opinion

Derwen College, West Midlands

A multi-award winning college on the remote border with Wales has flung its doors open to the public in every possible way. Jess Staufenberg explores the grounds It would be easy to see Derwen College as a hidden-away, far-flung provider which even its own locals might forget was there. First off, it’s by far the most remote […]

Profiles, SEND

Education and Skills Funding Agency advertise for new CEO

The new chief executive will be expected to develop a commitment to a “renewed vision for the ESFA”

News

London launches VIP adult education quality mark

Holders of the new adult education quality mark could get the edge on future bids for funding.

News, AEB, Devolution

How can we recruit more talented post-16 and FE teachers?

A new government website and marketing campaign won’t be enough to tackle rising staff vacancies, writes Geraint Jones We’ve seen a lot of justifiable hand-wringing of late about the crisis in teacher recruitment and retention. It comes after the latest government figures showed a worrying 24 per cent fall in applications to initial teacher training […]

Opinion

College staffing crisis hits two-decade high, claims AoC

Colleges that responded to an AoC survey reported 3,293 vacancies. The report said this implies a total of 6,000 vacancies across the sector

News

Colleges warned as cyber threat from Russia increases

The AoC has already informed members about ‘unusual activity’ on its jobs website

News

One bill was never going to solve our skills challenge

A long-term cultural shift is needed – so after the bill, we need a ten-year plan, writes Stephen Evans The skills bill is nearing the end of its journey through parliament and will soon become law. Where does this leave us? The purpose of the bill is to make legal changes to enact parts of […]

Opinion, Skills reform

Provider pulls out of £3m devolved contract due to low student uptake

‘Potential learners just haven’t been able to commit to signing up’

News, AEB, Covid-19