Euro Skills Competition Opens in Budapest

Team UK’s competitors enjoyed a spectacular opening ceremony at Euroskills, the European skills completion. Good luck to the UK Team and especially to cabinet maker Thomas Pennicott a student at SCTP member, Chichester College. For more see here.

FE Week Interviews Ofsted’s Chief Inspector

Click here for a summary of the interview with Amanda Spielman which looked at T-level inspection, funding and research spending. Meanwhile, it has been reported that Ofsted has received the full £5.4M it requested from the DfE to cover the cost of inspecting all new...

Government Clamps Down on NMW Breaches

More than 200,000 workers who were paid less than the minimum wage have been identified following a record government clampdown. Employers have been fined an unprecedented £14 million for not meeting legal obligations. Click here for more. Further analysis is here...

SCTP Launches New Teach Too Project

SCTP was pleased to announce at Thursday’s Members’ Meeting that it has been successful in bidding for ETF funding via the Association of Colleges to deliver a new Teach Too project. The project will focus on activities where people from industry are...