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‘Bromley Adult Education College’

Administrators called in after DfE and MCAs end provider’s contracts

The company earned millions providing publicly funded courses for adults seeking work before being judged ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted

News, Adult education, Training Providers

Investigation: Driven to despair by council SEND transport mess

Safety fears and lessons missed as families left in limbo

News, SEND

College group disputes £8m ESFA clawback demand

Lawyers called in as agency attempts to reclaim funding for historic delivery across NCG

News, Colleges

Focus feature: Are college-led academy trusts the answer to the big education divide?

From classroom-to-career; the record of colleges sponsoring multi-academy trusts is a mixed one. Jessica Hill investigates if there is a secret to their success, and why some have fallen by the wayside. While some see colleges and schools as uncomfortable bed partners, others claim there are profound benefits to be reaped for students when a […]

Feature, News, Colleges, Long read

Just 1 in 4 SEND students in work a year after supported internship ends

Providers say support must continue as learners move into paid work

News, SEND, supported internships

Focus feature: Student safety and criminal exploitation

What happens after a serious violent incident plays out in a college? How can colleges best support students and communities around criminal exploitation? Jess Staufenberg looks at whether safeguarding responses and violence reduction units are working On a Friday afternoon in February, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed outside Milton Keynes College. He wasn’t a student […]

Feature, News, Long read

Lessons learned from training through the pandemic

College leaders have shared the key lessons and insights they have learned from delivering training through the pandemic in a new report. The Collab Group of colleges has published “Reflections from Further Education Leaders on the Impact of Covid-19” to share best practice from the past year. It is based on interviews with leaders including […]

News

Testing times? Inside the reopening of colleges

An Herculean effort has seen colleges deploy mass Covid testing to support a safe reopening. So how did it go, and what does the future hold? JL Dutaut finds out “I wasn’t coping at home although my teachers really tried with me.” Our dominant image of vulnerable learners amid this pandemic may be of children […]

Feature

FE staff should get Covid vaccine priority, say college leaders

FE staff should be moved up the priority list for Covid-19 vaccines so that providers can reopen to all students safely, college principals have said. Ministers have been under pressure to vaccinate teachers, with a petition being debated in parliament this evening and education secretary Gavin Williamson saying he “hopes” those working in education get […]

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