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Subcontracting and ‘too comfortable’ governors top FE Commissioner concerns for colleges

The FE Commissioner has also claimed some T Level courses have been withdrawn because colleges haven’t been able to find the staff

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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 342

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Sarah Stewart, Chair, Gateshead College Start date: December 2020 Previous job: Chief executive, Newcastle Gateshead Initiative Interesting fact: She has been the High Sheriff of Tyne and Wear for the past year Gillian May, Chief executive and group principal, The Windsor Forest Colleges Group Start date: […]

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Revealed: The 20 college partnerships to share the £5.4m College Collaboration Fund

Twenty college partnerships will receive grants through a fund designed to develop greater collaboration across the sector, the government announced today. Skills minister Gillian Keegan has named the winners of the £5.4 million College Collaboration Fund (CCF). It builds on the Strategic College Improvement Fund. The 20 partnerships are: CCF lead college Partner colleges Dudley […]

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T-levels: The providers selected to run courses in 2022

The names of a further 88 colleges, training providers and schools chosen to deliver T-levels in the third wave of their rollout have been announced today. They will teach the new post-16 technical qualifications from September 2022 in subjects including law, engineering and manufacturing, and legal, finance and accounting. A total of 18 T-levels will […]

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Revealed: The 34 colleges with £270m of government loans and bailouts last year

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has revealed the colleges with millions in government loans and bailouts. According to documents released by the ESFA and analysed by FE Week, a total of 34 colleges across the country received £270 million in Exceptional Financial Support and Restructuring Funding loans and grants by July 2018. This […]

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Theresa May launches renewable energy training facility

The UK’s first renewable energy training facility based at an FE college has been declared open by the prime minister. The Energy Centre at the Berkshire College of Agriculture was officially opened by Theresa May on April 27. The facility has been developed by the college in partnership with biomass company LC Energy, and will […]

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Ofsted watch: A bumper crop of ‘good’ grades

It’s a bumper Ofsted watch this week, with a total of 15 full FE and skills inspection reports published since our last round-up. What’s more, over half of these inspections resulted in a grade two rating or higher. These included HIT Training, which was rated ‘good’ across the board – holding onto the same overall […]

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Three-legged ferret scoops the top title at exclusive ferret show

Four ferrets belonging to Berkshire College of Agriculture brought home a number of rosettes in a prestigious ferret show, with three-legged Boo scooping a top title. The college’s small-mammal team entered five of their ferrets into the Hants & Berks Ferret Club Show, with four: Boo, Josie, and brother-and-sister team Stig and Mouse, returning victorious. […]

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FE students add to Team GB Olympic medal haul

As the curtain comes down on Rio 2016, FE students past and present have helped Team GB storm to a record-breaking Olympic games. Two additional gold medals and a bronze medal over the weekend mean there have been 11 winners of the world’s top sporting prizes from the FE Sector. Former Hopwood Hall College student […]

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