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Do better: schools urged to up £4.30-an-hour apprentice TA wage

Some schools and trusts are offering TA apprentices less than £7,000 a year

News, Apprenticeships

Kickstart breaks down: NAO reports on massive underspend and ‘deadweight’ jobs

At a cost of £7k per participant, Kickstart has become DWP’s most expensive support scheme

News

The Queen recognises five colleges’ excellence in her Anniversary Prizes

Colleges have been recognised for becoming leaders in certain fields and helping learners find jobs

News, Colleges

Public sector apprenticeship target missed, and 4 other things we learned from today’s DfE data

Figures also show colleges accounted for only 18.5% cent of apprenticeship starts last year

News

Interview: Asi Panditharatna

Asi Panditharatna is tired of low expectations for former prisoners, drug addicts and the unemployed. He asks Jess Staufenberg why only certain people are thought of as ‘labour’ A few weeks ago the deputy prime minister came out with a grand possible solution to the HGV driver shortage causing havoc at petrol stations and food […]

Profiles

Why investing in staff reflection time is money well spent

Colleges must fight against the “always busy” culture that crushes innovation, writes Brian Banks Two strange things happened to me the other morning. First, I tried to make a pot of coffee using a teabag. I recall staring in the coffee pot, dimly aware that something was wrong, but what? Then, later, I couldn’t remember […]

Opinion

Diary: Behind the scenes at the AoC conference

Diversity and climate change were the big topics of the event in Birmingham, writes Philippa Alway After two years of Zoom meetings, being able to come together in person for Association of College’s annual conference was pretty special. In the time apart, colleges have shown the vital role they play in their communities and truly stepped […]

Opinion

External governance reviewers ‘must understand the local context’, conference delegates are told

For upcoming external board audits, providers have been told to ‘start thinking about reviewers in your locality in your region’

News, Uncategorized, Governance

First two Ofsted full-inspection reports bring ‘good’ news to colleges

Two colleges have received grade two from a full inspection, with one improving from a grade three

News, Ofsted