Department for Education
These articles were categorised when the skills agenda was controlled by the Department for Education & Skills, from 2001 to 2007. Subsequently the government department responsible for skills is the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS).
Huge public sector redundancy payouts revealed despite ‘ban’
Level of payouts far in excess of stated government cap of £95,000.
‘Fake apprenticeships’ are turning training system into a farce
The UK's training system is becoming farcical with a levy system spiralling out of financial control - we need to learn from apprenticeships in Europe, claims report.
New teachers to receive £6,000 boost to attract the ‘best’
Starting salaries for teachers will reach as much as £30,000 by the 2022-23 academic year under a range of plans announced today.
‘Don’t fund level 6 and 7 apprenticeships’ say learning providers
Training providers have called on the government to remove the highest and degree level apprenticeships from the scope of funding...
One in five teachers stressed most of the time
Working conditions need to improve and workloads must become more manageable if schools are to stem the number of teachers...
Government to offer cash incentives in teacher retention battle
Teachers are to be offered cash incentives and more support with work-life balance in a bid to attract more recruits...
Business leaders targeted in teacher recruitment drive
The government is to help fund a series of programmes aimed at getting career-changers to become teachers, in a bid...
Retention of teachers becomes urgent as pupil numbers soar
School leaders in the state sector face having to fill increasing numbers of vacancies, with lack of job satisfaction a...
Labour announces plans to shake up supply teacher recruitment
The Labour Party has announced that it would shake up how schools recruit supply teachers, claiming it would save them...
What’s going wrong with the apprenticeship levy?
More than a year after the apprenticeship levy came into effect, most agree that it is not going according to...
Employment regs: what happened to the ones that got away?
Keeping on top of employment law developments can feel like a full-time job for HR professionals, but that’s just the...
Apprenticeship starts continue to fall a year after levy introduced
There has been a steady decline in the number of apprenticeships begun after the apprenticeship levy was introduced last year....
Apprenticeship starts delayed by lack of Government guidance
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has raised concerns that the Government is too slow to publish guidance...
Half of top 50 worst gender pay gaps are in school academies
Twenty three of the 50 organisations with the largest gender pay gaps so far are school academies or multi-academy trusts,...
New careers advice strategy unveiled by Government
The Government has promised that every school and college in the country will have a dedicated careers leader in place...
