A new website launched today by the Office for Students is designed to help learners, teachers and advisers find activities, advice and information on the benefits and realities of going to university or college through the Uni Connect programme. To read the posting click here

Steps providers should take to prepare to offer approved higher technical qualifications (HTQs). To read the article click here

A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IfS) entitled ‘What has happened to college teacher pay in England’ was published on 30 March. Findings in the report include the following:- Please click on the link to read Alan’s expert summary of what has happened over the last ten years in comparison to schoolteachers and inflation.

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Ministers are describing it as a “radical shift” in tertiary education funding. The government’s response to its Lifelong Loan Entitlement (LLE) consultation from last May confirms that from 2025 adults will be able to access fee loans throughout their working lives for anything from short vocational courses to undergraduate degrees, provided their lifetime allocation stays within the equivalent of four years of full-time undergraduate study. To read the article click here