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UCU Vice President: Why we need a new deal for further education
UCU is calling for a 10 per cent pay rise for FE staff
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The shocking effect of Gove’s EMA axe: Youngsters skipping food to get to college
Young people are having to choose whether to eat or travel to college thanks to the government’s “disastrous” decision to axe education maintenance allowance.
How Tory immigration populism is costing us £3.4 billion
Changes to the student visa system will cost the economy billions during a period of sluggish growth, and will affect all regions of the country.
FE students: ‘EMA axe is holding back recruitment’
Lecturers and teachers in more than two-thirds of sixth-form and further education colleges say that changes to EMA are 'adversely affecting recruitment to the college' - despite claims from Education minister Michael Gove, going back to at least 2008, that the scheme was a 'flop'.
Scrapping EMA will force many 16-19 year olds to leave school
As Education Minister Michael Gove allegedly raised a glass of wine to celebrate the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), thousands of the country’s poorest teenagers would have been debating whether to go to college following the Government’s announcement to “replace” Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA).
Increase in adult participation in learning
Each year, during Adult Learners’ Week, the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education publishes a survey of adult participation in learning in the UK.