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Get on board and publish your minutes, FE Commissioner tells colleges

FE Week audit finds half of colleges have not published governor minutes this year

News, Colleges

Crisis in schools creates a NEET problem for FE to solve

Jessica Hill examines the triggers and FE
solutions as worsening school absenteeism
piles pressure on colleges to provide lower-
level post-16 courses

Feature, News, Long read

East Sussex sixth form college upgraded to ‘outstanding’

Bexhill College receives top Ofsted marks after first full inspection in 14 years

News, Colleges, Ofsted

Wintery conditions cause dozens of college campuses to close

Plummeting temperatures, snowy downpours and travel disruption have caused dozens of colleges to close campuses and move lessons online today

News, Colleges

Pilot areas for £65m Strategic Development Fund announced

The Department for Education has revealed the pilot areas for the new Strategic Development Fund. The £65 million fund, first mooted in the Skills for Jobs white paper, went to tender in April. Eighteen winners have now been announced, of which eight will be Local Skills Improvement Plans trailblazer and development fund pilot areas. The […]

News, Skills reform

Revealed: Almost 50 T Level colleges sharing £48.5m to refurbish buildings

Almost 50 colleges set to deliver T Levels from 2021 will share £48.5 million to refurbish their buildings. Successful projects include a new civil engineering centre at the Lakes College in Cumbria, and a brand new teaching block at Burnley College that will include classrooms, an elite athlete gym and a sports therapy space. The […]

News

Victoria Copp-Crawley, principal, Ashford College

JL Dutaut meets a college leader with a healthy disregard for the academic/vocational divide When your path through life and career isn’t a straightforward one, it’s easy to be jealous of someone like the new principal of Ashford College, Victoria Copp-Crawley – someone for whom what to be ‘when you grow up’ was clear from […]

Profiles

Ofsted praise college therapy dogs as popularity on the rise

A dog that helps students struggling with mental-health issues has won praise from Ofsted inspectors. Bexhill College in East Sussex was commended in a short inspection report published on Monday because students “benefit from the calming influence” of Harry the therapy dog. The inspectors said: “Because of his presence students are less anxious before examinations […]

News

Ofsted watch: Long-running commercial provider hit with grade 4 in poor week for FE

It has been a poor week for FE, with one independent provider being declared ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted and seven receiving at least one ‘insufficient progress’ rating in monitoring reports. WDR Limited, a commercial training organisation that has been operating for 49 years, was given a grade four after a full inspection. The provider, which had […]

News