Politics

MPs to investigate ‘new way of doing FE’

New inquiry will cover staff pay, student mental health support, apprenticeships and funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

Principals’ dismay over £50m pay deal ‘own goal’

College leaders divided over effectiveness of the one-off grant

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

DfE refuses to include FE in teacher recruitment forecasts

Modelling used to predict school teacher numbers will not be applied to FE despite staffing crisis

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

IFS: £300m boost only delivers real-terms FE funding freeze

Demographic bulge, inflation, pay gap, high staff turnover and labour market demands creating ‘perfect storm’ for colleges

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics, Skills reform

Teacher misconduct laws extended to FE colleges and providers

Children's wellbeing and schools bill puts further education teachers in scope of lifetime bans

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics, Skills reform

Youth guarantee: A ‘real chance’ or lacking ‘firepower’?

Get Britain Working white paper draws mixed reaction

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Politics

College teacher pay snub goes legal

SFCA launches judicial review against DfE

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Laura Trott appointed shadow education secretary

MP for Sevenoaks and former chief secretary to the Treasury tapped by Kemi Badenoch to lead Conservative education team

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Revealed: The new education committee membership

11 MPs selected for influential committee that holds the Department for Education to account

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth