Colleges, FE workforce, Politics

Leaders vow sector-wide march on parliament if Whitehall cuts hit FE

'We will have no hesitation in taking to the streets'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
FE workforce

Strike cancelled at London college after staff win up to 8% pay rise

But strikes at 29 other colleges go ahead

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
FE workforce, Prison education

Prisons face educators’ strike action over low pay

Their union claims prison educators have seen their pay fall by 25% since 2009

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
FE workforce

Richmond College strike plans on ice as arbitration talks planned over ‘fire and rehire’ proposals

UCU members at Richmond upon Thames College had planned walkouts to coincide with the start of term.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, FE workforce

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
FE workforce

Poor mentoring within FE providers is having a devastating effect on teacher trainee morale

Mentors without the time or skills to do a good job are leaving new entrants to the profession feeling...

Jess Staufenberg
Kayte Haselgrove
FE workforce

CPD is about taking teaching from the ‘parlour’ to the ‘kitchen’

A history of CPD in FE reveals huge changes in attitudes – but we still need to scrap mistrustful...

Jess Staufenberg
Alison Scott
FE workforce

Seven in ten college staff ‘may quit’ due to low pay

New survey evidence from UCU reveals the impact low pay and rising costs of living are having on college...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, FE workforce, Ofsted

AELP conference highlights: Leaders talk funding rate review, the levy and staffing crisis

Ofsted, AoC, IfATE and CBI among speakers at AELP conference

Jason Noble
Jason Noble