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Oct 30, 2024 · An “additional” £300 million will be handed to the further education sector next year, the chancellor has announced in today’s budget. Details on exactly what this extra cash is earmarked for have however not been released in the Treasury’s budget documents. £300 million was the annual cost of increasing teaching hours for 16- to- 19-year-olds by 40 hours under the previous government.

Dec 2, 2024 · Unionised teachers have lodged four more strike dates due to the government’s “failure to resolve a clear pay discrepancy” between staff in sixth form colleges and schools.

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.

Oct 10, 2024 · Skills minister Jacqui Smith introduced a 12-page bill in the House of Lords yesterday which will transfer all of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s (IfATE) powers to the Department for Education, paving the way for Skills England.. Here’s your trusty FE Week explainer on what’s in the bill, and what happens next:

Sep 11, 2024 · The government’s education funding agency will be closed down next year, the education secretary has announced.. The Education and Skills Funding Agency will be “integrated into the core Department for Education” by the end of March 2025.

Jul 5, 2024 · Phillipson has spoken about how her own experience in education shaped her vision for the sector.She wrote in the Guardian earlier this year that “the brilliant state education I received set me up for life and led the shy, quiet girl with the long plaits in the corner of the classroom to where I am today”.

Apr 4, 2023 · Former national college to officially close down. NCATI, formerly the National College for High Speed Rail, will cease to exist by July 31, 2023

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Mar 28, 2024 · Additional learning support funding is set for reform and functional skills requirements for SEND apprentices will be relaxed next year, according to new proposed apprenticeship funding rules.. The Department for Education is also introducing a new subcontracting threshold and plans to review “more flexible approaches” to active learning.