This feels like long-awaited and small but smart step forward on college teacher pay feweek.co.uk/phillipson-t...
Education secretary appears to namecheck further education for first time in STRB remit letter
Bit weird Number 10 has press released their apprenticeships announcement from three-time Conservative prime minister from the 1920s-1930s Stanley Baldwin who died in 1947
Starmer on skills Here's what we know about today's apprenticeship reforms Few things missing imho: - Spend some money on employer incentives for foundation apprenticeships - Pay the apprentices properly - Build in a progression pathway from day 1
🌹Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer pledges to 'get our skills system right' Levy reform (confirmed by DfE after his #LabourConferece24 speech) to involve: 🌬️Shorter apprenticeships ❌Level 7 levy restrictions 💸(Paid?) 'foundation' apprenticeships feweek.co.uk/shorter-appr...
PM also pledges to introduce 'foundation' apprenticeships
BREAKING: Team UK bag silver and bronze at WorldSkills 2024 in Lyon feweek.co.uk/team-uk-win-...
Medallions for excellence also achieved by half of Team UK
Good evening! Coming up in edition 470: 🤑Time is running out for the UKSPF 🛑How legal threat killed an ASF tender 🇬🇧On location at WorldSkills Lyon ✍️PARS, sports and tackling misogyny in the op-eds 🤖Profile: Corndel founder turned apprenticeship AI evangelist feweek.co.uk/subscribe/
Breaking: Helen Hayes MP has been elected as the next chair of the education select committee feweek.co.uk/helen-hayes-...
SEND reform, child poverty and a 'fit-for-purpose' skills system are on Hayes' agenda
A tough read, this. Rising needs, diminished local services, and per-student funding barely keeping up 16-19 funding needs serious attention
🆕 Colleges are calling for more mental health support for students through the government’s upcoming 'children’s wellbeing bill' after a third reported at least one death by suicide in the past 12 months feweek.co.uk/a-third-of-c...
Leaders call for more support through Labour's new children's wellbeing bill
MPs have until 4pm today to get nominated to chair a House of Commons select committee. The education one will be chaired by a Labour MP. In the running so far are: Helen Hayes Sharon Hodgson Marie Tidball MPs will vote on Wednesday. Results expected Weds PM or Thurs AM
Views in this piece range from: 'Skills England could be a gamechanger' to 'Skills England is a distraction from devastating funding cuts' Have a read and let me know where you land
Can a new quango really fix England's problems with skills? FE Week investigates the latest skills agency to hit the books, looking at what it would take to make this one succeed where others have failed. feweek.co.uk/can-skills-e...
We explore if a new quango can fix our broken skills system when past attempts at skills bodies have failed