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Nearly as good as colleges with 93% good our outstanding #LoveOurColleges

"We urge the OfS to pay close attention to the crucial role FE plays in meeting the skills needs of local and regional economies as well as providing access to HE for students" - AoC's Arti Saraswat responds to the OfS consultation on public grant funding. aoc.co.uk/news-campaigns…

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And there is of course VAT on college education for all, including the majority of 16 to 18 year olds. Colleges pay £200m per year back to the government. We have repeatedly asked for this unfair tax on education to be removed, to no avail Sam Freedman

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Am hearing that college teachers aren’t included in the latest announcement about pay rises. Obviously it’s great news for schools, but I don’t know how colleges are expected to recruit when the pay gap with schools already stands at £7k on average, before this latest rise. 1/n

Unless you’re a teacher in a college feweek.co.uk/labour-snubs-c…

"The recommended pay of college teachers has declined by 18% in real terms since 2010–11." Good news for school teachers & junior doctors yesterday. Less so for the wonderful folk who work in FE. ifs.org.uk/publications/w…

Unless you work in a FE college.

Why does a teacher of a 16-year-old in a school sixth form deserve a pay rise, but not a teacher of a 16-year-old in a college? If, like me, you think all teachers deserve the pay rise, please sign this petition👇 chng.it/d8cbBjG5Yw #loveourcolleges #publicsectorpay

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Paid less than school teachers Paid less than industry Higher exit rates than schools and NHS, double the exit rate of civil service New government doubles down on excluding college teachers from public sector pay award

This is the only misstep I’ve seen Phillipson make so far. There is no way colleges can wait until Jan to find out if they can offer BTECs next September. Open evenings are this term! Ads need designing, staff sorting! And crucially: this would never happen to A-Levels.

The changes announced today for schools is the right response for schools. Now we wait for the Ofsted plans for colleges to ensure that inspections work well for them as well

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