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‘Plumpton College’

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised, under-funded and potentially under pressure to get back to mainstream school classrooms

Feature, News, Colleges, Long read

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

Jeremy Kerswell, Plumpton College principal and Landex chair

As head of a land-based college that has doubled in size, Jeremy Kerswell is attracting students from outside rural communities And yet, Jeremy Kerswell is surprisingly reluctant to be photographed in his wellies. He fears that doing so might evoke a farming stereotype that is “the antithesis” of the image he wants for his land-based […]

Profiles, land-based colleges, Long read

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 493

Lucy Auchincloss Director of Operations, Remit Training Start date: March 2025 Previous Job: Partnership Development Director, Lifetime Interesting fact: Lucy’s greatest passion is music and especially Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones, both of whom she’s seen live multiple times across 3 continents Jeremy Kerswell Chair, Landex Start date: March 2025 Concurrent Job: Principal & […]

Movers and Shakers

Revealed: £302m college condition allocations

DfE also dishes out additional £20m to Leeds and Greater Manchester to help manage student population surge

News, Colleges

Colleges wanted to battle universities for royal prize

College leaders should realise they’re as worthy as HE institutions for Queen Elizabeth Prizes, says awards boss

Feature, News, Colleges

Twice as many students suspended in colleges since Covid

Never-before-seen data reveals the scale of exclusions and suspensions in FE

News, Students

#GE2024: Listen now as Let’s Go Further outlines the FE and skills priorities facing our new government

The Skills and Education Group podcast, Let’s Go Further, aims to challenge the way we all think about skills and education. Series 4, a collaboration with FE Week, focuses on the FE and skills policy issues facing a new government.

News, Sponsored post, Sponsored post

What’s behind the rise in bad student behaviour in colleges?

Colleges are inheriting rising levels of bad behaviour from schools. FE Week investigates the consequences and finds out what colleges are doing about it

Feature, News, Long read, Students