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‘Momentous’ top Ofsted rating for large Kent college group

EKC Group secures ‘outstanding’ designations in all areas

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Independence questions as Williamson ally put forward for Ofqual job

Gavin Williamson has put forward his own policy adviser to be the next chief regulator of Ofqual, prompting warnings over the body’s supposed independence. The Department for Education announced last week that Dr Jo Saxton, who founded and ran the Turner Schools academy trust before moving to her current job, was the education secretary’s preferred […]

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 […]

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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 313

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Salsabil Elmegri, Vice president, further education, National Union of Students Start date: July 2020 Previous job: Vice president, education and welfare, Bradford College Students’ Union Interesting fact: In her free time, she’s a photographer. Matt Gower, Vice principal, Reaseheath College and University Centre Start date: April […]

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Hadlow break-up hits two month delay due to ‘complexity’

Delays have struck the break-up of the first college group to go insolvent owing to the “necessarily complex and resource-intensive” nature of the transaction. The transfer of Hadlow College’s home campus (pictured), West Kent and Ashford College’s Tonbridge provision and Princess Christian’s Farm facility to North Kent College was scheduled to take place on April […]

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FE Commissioner recommends 3-way split for Hadlow College Group

The FE Commissioner has recommended that the Hadlow College Group be split-up and taken on by three colleges, FE Week can reveal. Richard Atkins’ team has made the recommendation following a review of the scandal-hit group, which saw Hadlow College become the first provider to fall under the new insolvency regime with the appointment of […]

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Troubled Easton and Otley College to be demerged and taken over

A troubled land-based college is to be broken up and merged with two other colleges, following two consecutive ‘inadequate’ ratings by Ofsted. Easton and Otley College was told to urgently improve its leadership earlier this year after the FE Commissioner raised serious quality and financial concerns. Just a few of months ago the college, which […]

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Is your MP one of the 164 lobbying the chancellor for more FE funding?

A cross-party letter has been signed by 164 MPs and handed to the chancellor demanding an above inflation increase to FE funding in the upcoming spending review. Co-authored by Conservative MP Richard Graham and Labour MP Nic Dakin, the letter tells Phillip Hammond that “while government policy has protected the incomes of schools and universities, […]

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Supported learners walk the catwalk to celebrate diversity in fashion

Supported learners at East Kent College has taken part in a fashion show celebrating and supporting diversity in the industry. The students, based at the college’s Folkestone campus, created a collection of second-hand clothing which they debuted on the catwalk. The collection, called Altered Images, was created from clothes sourced from charity shops, and promoted […]

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