FE workforce

UCU threat: Raise pay or we’ll strike on exam day

Strikes are planned for the same day on which many GCSE students are due to take what UCU calls...

Will Nott
Will Nott
FE workforce, Students

Fit your own mental health oxygen mask before fitting others

If we want our staff to support students, we must prioritise their wellbeing, writes Asfa Sohail Even though life...

Jess Staufenberg
Asfa Sohail
FE workforce, Skills reform

DfE climate change strategy: New FE teachers will be required to build sustainability into their teaching

Existing college staff will however not be required to include sustainability into their teaching

Will Nott
Will Nott
FE workforce

College staff warn of strike action if pay doesn’t increase by 10%

Staff pay has fallen by 35 per cent in real terms since 2009 and an indicative ballot of UCU...

Will Nott
Will Nott
FE workforce

Lifetime bans for teachers guilty of serious misconduct to be extended to FE

Anyone involved in 'teaching work' in the post-16 sector could be in scope of teacher misconduct rules.

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
FE workforce

London college group settles pay dispute after strike

The union has agreed to pay staff extra and scrap an 'open classroom model'

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
FE workforce

Smiley face for emoji project, as ETF reports on success stories in functional skills teaching

A project by the foundation is attempting to plug a gap in sector research

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
FE workforce

UCU claims victory over staff pay at 5 London colleges

They include salary increases of up to 5%, increased annual leave and workload 'protection'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
FE workforce

FE staff offered scholarships to explore gaps in sector’s research

The scheme is intended to tackle a 'historic' lack of research in the sector

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon