Staff pay recommendation will be unaffordable for ‘many’ colleges, say AoC Colleges with significant adult provision will find it ‘impossible’ to give 4 per cent pay rise
Colleges are bracing themselves for the Whitehall power shift With skills policy moving to DWP, Ofsted unveiling a new framework and defence cash pouring in, this autumn could define the future of FE. But will ministers see beyond workforce targets to the bigger picture of lifelong learning?
AoC delays pay recommendation until September Colleges need summer to work new £160m funding into budgets, David Hughes says
FE’s reputation on the line: learning from Weston governance failures The damning FE commissioner report on Weston College revealed shocking lack of transparency in senior pay and governance. For an FE sector built on public trust, this must never happen again
From competition to coordination: Blueprint for a smarter skills system Westminster ‘hoards power’—but will its devolution plans fix the system? Our AoC-backed report lays out 19 urgent reforms
‘New ways of doing FE’ inquiry: Experts give evidence to MPs ‘I actually don’t think we know how well the resit policy is benefiting young people,’ committee hears
Come clean on cuts, demand adult education providers Providers face uncertainty after news emerged in a ‘fragmented’ fashion
UCU: Most FE staff back alternative to ‘traumatic’ Ofsted inspections Lecturers call for ‘peer-led’ model, as new chief inspector also floats the idea