Colleges

Principals scratch their heads over new improvement teams

FE leaders warn Labour’s regional improvement teams risk duplicating oversight already performed by the FE Commissioner

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Weston freed of ‘traumatic’ NTI – but finance probe continues

College out of intervention after strengthening governance procedures

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Skills reform

Skills England urged to confront government on FE funding

Joint AoC and UUK report also calls for 'excessive' competition to be challenged

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Three thousand voices spoke and what they said shocked us

Our major learners’ survey revealed insights and concerns that aren’t available from national data

Jessica Hill
Vivienne Avery
Colleges

£31k FE teacher training bursaries to continue in 2026-27

Experts say bursaries are 'very effective for recruiting more teachers and retaining additional teachers long-term' amid Labour's 6.5k pledge

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

UCU launches England-wide college strike ballot

The Association of Colleges says the union's 10 per cent pay rise demand is unaffordable

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

CCC teachers begin strikes over sixth-form pay freeze

Their pay could be frozen for up to 3 years until a 'discrepancy' between their salaries and the rest...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Governance, Long read

To pay or not to pay? The ‘divisive’ question of college governor remuneration

Relying on unpaid volunteers to hold college executive teams to account is either an important matter of principle or...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
The Staffroom - opinion

AI isn’t just for coders, it’s the new digital literacy every learner needs

Barnsley College’s ‘Introduction to AI’ course shows how colleges can turn a perceived threat into a practical tool for...

Jessica Hill
Daniel Wright