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Election time is not the only occasion to listen to learners

With the General Election soon coming around we are all hearing the word ‘vote’ over and over again. But what I want to know is how young people are franchised to represent their views on education and skills in two ways. The first as the electorate affected directly by future changes in government and the […]

Opinion

Edition 116: Chris Toon and Jacqueline Grubb

Two new deputy principals have been appointed at opposite ends of the country. Chris Toon has taken up post at Gateshead College, while Jacqueline Grubb has done the same at Basingstoke College of Technology (BCot). Mr Toon, who had spent the previous two years at Liverpool’s Knowsley Community College, has more than 15 years’ experience […]

Movers and Shakers

Lambeth College staff could strike again after rejecting ‘improved’ contract offer

Lambeth College staff who went on a five-week strike earlier this year have rejected “improved” offers over contract changes. University and College Union (UCU) members walked out indefinitely on June 3 in a dispute over new staff contracts introduced on April 1, which the UCU said would leave staff with longer working hours, less sick […]

News

Half number of under-performing FE providers by 2020, social mobility body demands

The number of under-performing colleges and apprenticeship training providers should be halved by 2020, the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has said. In its second State of the Nation report, the Commission, which is chaired by former Labour Cabinet Minister Alan Milburn (above), set out its “2020 challenge”, in which it sets out a […]

News

Edition 115: Lisa O’Loughlin, Jack Carney and Mike Cladingbowl

The Manchester College is set for a new principal next month. Lisa O’Loughlin takes over from Jack Carney having joined the college in July last year as a vice principal, from Blackburn College, where she was deputy principal. She starts in the post from November 1 and will work alongside Mr Carney until his retirement […]

Movers and Shakers

Study programmes

Click here to download the supplement Study programmes have had more than a year to bed down now and so it’s a fair time to reflect on what effect they’re having on the FE and skills sector. While a work experience element is included in the study programme ‘package,’ the most notable component is that […]

Supplements

Ofsted reinspection timeframe halved

Ofsted proposals to halve the time between inspections of good FE and skills providers have been questioned by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL). Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has launched an eight-week consultation on reforms to the education watchdog’s inspection regime intended to give “much clearer focus on ensuring that good standards […]

News

Phones 4u apprentices find new employers

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and subcontractor EQL Solutions have revealed plans to support apprentices left unemployed after Phones 4u went into administration. The Staffordshire-based mobile phone retailer was placed into the hands of administrators PwC on September 15 after network operator EE joined Vodafone in cutting ties with the retailer. The firm employed around […]

News

Staff get ‘improved’ offer as strike vote ends

Lambeth College staff who went on a five-week strike just before the summer holiday and are considering further industrial action have been presented with “improved” offers over controversial contract changes. University and College Union (UCU) members walked out indefinitely on June 3 in a dispute over new staff contracts introduced on April 1, which the […]

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