FE workforce

Handover of £233m teachers’ pensions contract to Tata delayed

Capita's passing over of contract it ran for almost 30 years postponed from October to next summer

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
FE workforce

Let’s try to solve the FE recruitment crisis from within

Cancelled classes, delayed cohorts, and rising learner demand – the FE sector is at a tipping point. But instead...

Jessica Hill
Cath Littler
Colleges, FE workforce

AoC delays pay recommendation until September

Colleges need summer to work new £160m funding into budgets, David Hughes says

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE workforce

College lecturers, leaders and teams among 93 Pearson National Teaching Awards silver winners

'Extraordinary impact' of 93 finalists announced on national Thank a Teacher Day

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
FE workforce

When a teacher is accused, their life or the student’s will be ruined

Nearly half of complaints against teachers are unsubstantiated – and a presumption of guilt until proven innocent pushes the...

Jessica Hill
Anonymous
FE workforce

Seven findings from DfE’s third FE workforce data release

Figures from over 1,300 colleges and providers were collected in 2023-24

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE workforce

UCU members greenlight national strike ballot

Motions on national action and deficit budgets passed overwhelmingly

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE workforce, Teaching

UCU Congress preview: Lecturers to vote on national strike ballot

Tackling 'excessive' principal pay and abolishing Ofsted also due to be debated

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE workforce

DfE perm sec cannot explain 6.5k teacher recruitment pledge

Colleges still in the dark over promised share of new teachers

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel