FE workforce

FE’s leadership pipeline is missing a generation

FE’s leadership culture often equates experience with time served. That assumption is filtering out talent, and creating succession risks...

Jessica Hill
Imran Mir
FE workforce

Teachers need work experience too if new pathways are to succeed

Regular, structured opportunities for teachers to refresh and develop their subject knowledge is vital

Jessica Hill
Jo Swindells
FE workforce

Could clear workforce roles help attract and retain more FE teachers?

The government wants 6,500 more teachers in schools and colleges, but the FE workforce is a patchwork of roles...

Jessica Hill
Jenna Julius
FE workforce

FE teacher pay gap with schools hits 15-year high

Funding pressures leave colleges struggling to recruit teachers as student numbers surge

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE workforce

Minister moves to tighten grip on FE teacher training

The Further Education (initial teacher training) Regulations 2026 set out new student data and curriculum requirements

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, FE workforce

DfE to fund maternity pay improvements in colleges

Funding to match a pledge to double school staff maternity pay to come in 2027

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
FE workforce

UCU wins £19k from teacher it represented in court claim

Judge orders ex-teacher to pay her union after multiple failed claims of discrimination

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE workforce

Jo Grady hits back at claims of UCU election breaches

Full account of Grady showdown with election opponents at certification officer hearing

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE workforce

Watchdog to hear claims Jo Grady broke UCU election rules

The general secretary narrowly won the 2024 ballot by 182 votes

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel