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‘Consider the context’: colleges defend against gender pay gap Twitter bot

Numerous colleges fell victim, with some commentators accusing them of hypocrisy online. Some colleges deleted their initial posts 

News

Focus feature: The realities of research in FE

Despite a lack of funds and interest from above, research in FE is being kept alive by grassroots groups of lecturers and dedicated academics. Jess Staufenberg meets the movers and shakers to find out if it’s enough “There is no, as far as I know, ‘WonkFE’,” Phillip Augar said, from inside a cosy wooden lodge, […]

Feature, News, Long read, Research

DfE sets sail for first shipbuilding skills taskforce captain

A refreshed cross-government National Shipping Strategy was launched on Thursday

News

£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, Adult education, 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