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Revealed: 39 post-16 providers to share £83m to accommodate demographic boom

An additional 260,000 16- to 19-year-olds are anticipated to be in education in the coming years

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Revealed: The FE providers to win Turing Scheme funding

Over one hundred colleges and training providers have been awarded funding under the government’s new Turing Scheme – but FE will only receive two-thirds of the promised cash owing to lack of demand. The Department for Education has today revealed the winning bidders to the scheme, which includes 110 further and vocational education providers. Ninety-three […]

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Queen’s Birthday Honours: Who received what in FE?

A former college principal who championed further education and skills as a member of Parliament has been knighted in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours.  Nic Dakin, who represented Scunthorpe from 2010 to 2019 after having run Sir John Leggott College in the city, is one of 20 FE and skills figures to have been recognised.  […]

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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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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 273

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Kelly Rinaldi Assistant Principal, John Leggott College Start date: March 2019 Previous job: Associate Assistant Principal, John Leggott College Interesting fact: She once featured on Supermarket Sweep. Claire Holmes Deputy Principal, John Leggott College Start date: March 2019 Previous job: Assistant Principal, John Leggott College Interesting fact: She […]

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Ofsted watch: Private provider straight in at grade four

A private provider has earned the ignominious honour this week of being rated ‘inadequate’ at its first ever inspection. And two “new” apprenticeships providers have fared little better, with both found to be making “insufficient progress” in at least one area, according in monitoring visit reports published this week. The Terri Brooke School of Nails […]

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Movers and Shakers: Edition 182

Leon Riley has been appointed principal of John Leggott College in North Lincolnshire. Originally from Liverpool, Mr Riley moved into the area over 20 years ago, beginning his career in education as a business studies and law teacher at the college. He was encouraged by the principal at the time to pursue a career in […]

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Movers and Shakers: Edition 181

David Vasse has been appointed as the new principal of Sir George Monoux Sixth Form College. He joins the college with a wealth of experience working in the FE sector, having worked at five sixth form colleges over the past two decades. During his career, Mr Vasse has worked for Ofsted, and was principal of […]

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Gordon Marsden to carry FE flag for Labour again as new Shadow Skills Minister

Former Shadow Skills Minister Gordon Marsden has been confirmed to take on the role again, this time with an expanded remit. Mr Marsden, MP for Blackpool South, previously held the position from May 2010 until October 2013, before he was succeeded by Liam Byrne, MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, who stepped down from the role […]

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