Dec 13, 2024 · Teachers say they are more productive, save time spent commuting and enjoy a better work-life balance now they work from home each Wednesday. St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College in West London is trialling a timetable that compresses classes into four days to give teaching staff one dedicated day a week for planning, preparation and assessment.

Jan 10, 2025 · The government will release a chunk of the £300 million announced in the budget this academic year as a “one-off grant” to help colleges fund teacher pay rises.

Nov 7, 2024 · Having gone to a (rubbish) comprehensive school in the Thatcher years and having spent decades crawling up the corporate ladder that wasn’t designed for the working classes, the level 7 apprenticeship is literally the first time in my working life I’ve had training paid for me.

Dec 12, 2024 · Ministers have scrapped a construction T Level due to a “lack of demand”. The onsite construction T Level, which had 75 completers in its first year and 138 in the next, will take on no further enrolments.

Jan 9, 2025 · 2025 will be a pivotal year for FE. With a new government in office and a Spending Review on the horizon, decisions in the coming months will shape the funding landscape through to 2028.

Nov 7, 2024 · There is “definitely a future” for skills bootcamps, a top Department for Education civil servant has said following uncertainty about funding for the courses. Apprenticeships director Kate Ridley-Moy told the Association of Employment and Learning Providers autumn conference that the programmes could potentially “evolve” into …

Jan 9, 2025 · Proposals for a business administration apprenticeship standard at level 2 have finally been approved after five years of campaigning from employers and training organisations.

Dec 30, 2024 · Hull College vice principal and Bradford College governor Lynette Leith has been made an OBE for services to further education. Leith began her career in FE in 2008 as a hairdressing lecturer, but she quickly rose through the ranks of curriculum management to senior leader at various colleges, including Uxbridge College, Hertford Regional College, and Loughborough College.

Jan 6, 2025 · Sixth form college leaders have dropped legal action against the government’s FE teacher pay snub after ministers “agreed to provide funding” to support a wage increase in 2024/25.

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