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Capital projects worth £400 million given green light

The government’s flagship college capital investment programme awards a further £400 million, but rising prices bring costs in to question.

News, Colleges

Ofsted slams SEND college for ‘highly inappropriate’ activities

The watchdog found that students with special educational needs and disabilities were tube fed and medicated in classrooms in front of their peers and staff

News, Colleges, Ofsted

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 373

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving

Movers and Shakers, Movers and shakers

Revealed: The 2021 Pearson Teaching Awards winners

Fifteen winners from across UK schools and colleges recognised

News

Staff vote to strike at 15 colleges

University and College Union members in 15 colleges across England have voted for strike action in a row over pay. College bosses have until September to increase staff pay by more than 5 per cent or they will face walkouts, the union said today. Eighty nine per cent of members who voted backed strike action, […]

News, Industrial action

UTCs could survive by extending year groups beyond age 18

Many struggling UTCs are lowering their age of entry, but they could have more impact by going the other way, writes David Phoenix Technical education is critical for filling the UK’s huge skills shortages, raising productivity and giving students opportunities to learn and build successful careers. But holes in our education system are restricting students […]

Opinion

Strikes on the cards at 11 colleges

University and College Union members at 11 colleges across England are voting on industrial action from today. Ten of the ballots follow college bosses’ “refusal to make a decent pay off to staff”, while a separate one has opened at a group that is planning to make 30 staff redundant while investing in a controversial […]

News

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 345

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Natalie Taylor Director of employability, Learning Curve Group Start date: March 2021 Previous job: CEO, Antrec Limited Interesting fact: She developed her passion for vocational training at the age of 18 when she left college before her exams to start her own floristry business. Wayne Wright […]

Movers and Shakers

Introducing…David Phoenix

David Phoenix, a scientist who heads a group bringing together FE, HE and academies, shows why experimenting with a new model is critical for technical education  Quite how long education secretaries in England have been banging on about “breaking down” the divisions between technical and academic education and their respective sectors is anyone’s guess. At […]

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