Colleges

Strike threat cancelled after Merseyside college ups staff pay offer from 1% to 9.8%

Hugh Baird College secures 9.8 per cent pay rise after vote to strike last month.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Industrial action

Teachers at 39 colleges will strike this autumn

UCU confirms 29 more colleges will join the 10 already confirmed to strike over pay this autumn.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges

Revealed: Brooklands College resizing plans to ensure ‘financial security’

The college has been fighting for survival since being stung by a £20m apprenticeship scandal in 2019

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Mega London college group gives staff another ‘landmark’ pay rise

'We had to find a difficult balance between what we can afford and what is fair'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Police will not investigate Burnley College over Christmas party that broke Covid rules

The college was found to have broken Covid safety rules after teacher's death

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Ofsted, SEND

SEND college judged ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted finds issues of neglect and ‘uninspiring’ curriculum

Concerns raised over neglect, hygiene and curriculum at My Life Learning in Wigan.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
AEB, Colleges

Investigation: how colleges coped with the £61.4m AEB clawback

Redundancies and merging classes among measures colleges have taken to mitigate clawback of adult education budget

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Industrial action

Staff now plan to strike during first week of September over ‘fire and rehire’ row at London college

14 consecutive days of industrial action have been announced

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Exams

Colleges fork out for taxis and b&bs to get students to exams during rail strikes

Students resorted to sleepovers and parents took days off work to get their children to college on time

Jason Noble
Jason Noble