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New measures have been enshrined in law that will transform the student finance system reports FE News. This will allow colleges and universities to charge different fees for courses for the first time. fenews.co.uk/fe-voices/the-…

Research by British Psychological Society and the BASW has found that councils in England lost over 500,000 working days to mental ill-health and stress among their social care staff last year, reports Community Care. communitycare.co.uk/2023/09/19/cou…

A plan for free social care in England will be at the centre of the Liberal Democrats' offer to voters at the party's annual conference in Bournemouth, where the party's leader Sir Ed Davey will pledge a care package worth £5bn a year, reports BBC News (UK). bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Young carers are being pushed away from enlisting on the government’s “gold standard” T Levels due to strict rules that would cut off their access to benefits, reports Anviksha Patel for FE Week. feweek.co.uk/young-carers-p…

"Ukraine can only sustain its defence with American support." Ellis Coughlan, Political and Media Consultant at Bridgehead Communications, on how #US support for #Ukraine is a strategic imperative. commentcentral.co.uk/ukraine-is-a-v…

Six in ten school leavers are considering skipping university and going straight into work or an apprenticeship – with 46 percent of those hoping to secure a “green job”, reports Daily Express. express.co.uk/news/nature/18…

Greater Manchester’s councils have spent more than £123 million on social care staff from agencies since 2020, a Freedom of Information request by the Local Democracy Reporting Service has found, reports George Lythgoe for WiganToday. wigantoday.net/news/politics/…

Over 500 jobseekers attended a jobs fair in Reading that included 25 employers in social care as part of a drive by the Department for Work and Pensions to boost hiring for the sector ahead of the winter season, reports FE News. fenews.co.uk/employability/…

Further education colleges will be able to bid to become specialist ‘technical excellence colleges’ under a Labour government, Keir Starmer will announce at his party’s annual conference on Tuesday, reports Shane Chowen for FE Week. feweek.co.uk/starmer-to-int…

The new Coalition of Frontline Care for People Nearing the End of Life, including Care England 💚, the British Geriatrics Society and The Gold Standards Framework, is calling for enhanced training in end of life care for UK health and social care workers, reports Gemma Lloyd for Home Care Insight 💚. homecareinsight.co.uk/social-care-or…

A national care service would transform the lives of millions of people, as well as dramatically improving the careers and fortunes of workers delivering vital support, UNISON - UK's largest union argued on Monday. unison.org.uk/news/2023/10/s…

The Advanced British Standard (ABS) is “not the end of T Levels, which will be the backbone of the new qualification”, writes Robert Halfon MP, Minister for skills, #apprenticeships, and higher education for FE Week. feweek.co.uk/t-levels-the-b…

England’s social care sector relies heavily on overseas workers to address labour shortages, but concerns are growing about migrant worker exploitation, reports Anna Gross and Delphine Strauss for the Financial Times. ft.com/content/a3caaa…

For FE News, Association of Colleges (AoC) has welcomed commitments from Labour’s shadow education secretary to ensure education prepares learners for good jobs and careers while boosting maths learning across all ages. fenews.co.uk/education/coll…

A 62-year-old woman from Cambridgeshire was left severely visually impaired after an infection 12 years ago, and has said that because she could wash and dress herself, social care became "non-existent", reports Nikki Fox - BBC News & Watchdog Presenter for BBC News (UK). bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

32 colleges have just voted ‘yes’ to strike action in the fight for fair pay and conditions. College bosses face 'unprecedented industrial unrest' unless teachers get their fair share of new FE funding, writes Jo Grady for FE Week. feweek.co.uk/teachers-must-…

The Labour Party is hoping to offer an affordable and credible proposal for the sector whilst avoiding claims from the Tories they are fiscally unreliable, reports Toby Helm and Michael Savage for the The Guardian. theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

The recently published results of Employer Survey 2022 highlight worrying increases in the proportion of employers reporting vacancies and skills gaps, reports Luke Bocock for FE Week. feweek.co.uk/worrying-workf…

"While stringent sentencing maintains deterrence and incapacitates offenders, it fails to address the underlying causes of knife crime." Ellis Coughlan, a consultant at Bridgehead Communications, on how a public health approach is key to knife crime reduction. commentcentral.co.uk/rethinking-kni…

This month in ‘The Mark’, our FE and skills newsletter, we conducted interviews with both Lia Nici MP, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Levelling Up, and Jonathan Gullis MP, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards. gradecommunications.com/themark/bkv35t…