The Youth Guarantee Starts With Finding the Missing Learners
NEET tracking, post-16 pay funding, V Level assessment, T Level progression and adult skills devolution all point to the same delivery test for colleges.
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Parent Data Requests Are Getting Messier. Colleges Need Clear Lines.
Parent-led learner data requests are a growing governance risk for colleges, especially where support, consent and safeguarding overlap.
Jun 263 min read
The Week College Funding Became a Staff Pay Problem
College pay is back in the hard part of the conversation. This week, FE Week reported that the Association of Colleges, UCU and UNISON have jointly warned ministers that college staff could be facing a very low pay award, possibly even zero, unless there is a material change in funding. That is not a normal sector posture. Employers and unions do not often stand shoulder to shoulder on pay. When they do, it usually means the spreadsheet has run out of room. A zero offer woul
Jun 193 min read
Parliament Just Promised SEND Reform. Colleges Are Reading the Small Print.
Tuesday's King's Speech put SEND reform into legislation for the first time. The Education for All bill, confirmed on 13 May, bundles school standards and special educational needs into a single piece of law, backed by £4 billion in investment. [FE Week] For colleges, the question isn't whether reform is coming. It's whether the timetable and the funding model will work in practice. What the bill actually covers The detail, so far, tracks closely to February's school white
May 153 min read
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