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FE has been highly responsive in the pandemic – now to face climate change

With the government’s final climate change strategy due next month, Tim Oates says sound policy is needed for FE to shape the green economy The global pandemic has prompted a discussion in England about schools and “the future of assessment”. But there are bigger, global questions around the future of education that we need to […]

Opinion, Skills reform

‘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, Teaching

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, Inclusion

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

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