The Procurement Act 2023 has now been in force for over 18 months. We look at what has changed in practice for colleges and academy trusts, what has caught people out, and the lessons for IT procurement in particular.
Fractional appointments are becoming a popular way to bring senior ICT leadership into colleges and trusts. We look at when they work well, when they don’t, and how to get the most from your fractional leader.
The new procurement thresholds will come into effect on 1st January 2026 and in a perhaps surprising move, the thresholds for most types have reduced from the 2024 values.
There are new procurement thresholds from 1st January 2024 and although the Procurement Act 2023 has received Royal Assent, the Public Contract Regulations 2015 still apply until the new act is fully implemented later in the year.
The final part (for now at least) of my look at the DfE standards for digital and technology within schools and colleges. This time looking at servers and related equipment.
In March 2023 the DfE added three more standards to their Meeting Digital and Technology Standards series. Here we look at the first of these, filtering and monitoring.
In the fifth and final deep dive into the cyber security standards we cover cyber attack reporting, data protection impact assessments and staff training.
For part four of our detailed look at Cyber security standards for schools and colleges, we will take a look at the standards relating to backup and business continuity/disaster recovery planning.
Part Three of the look at the Cyber Security Standards for schools and colleges – this time we look at anti-malware, checking application security and licensing.
In part two of our look at the Cyber security standards for schools and colleges we will dig into the standards relating to user accounts and their security.