Colleges

Land-for-homes sale ‘essential’ to keep college from closing

Insolvency warning if £45m redevelopment falls through

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

First FE Commissioner intervention report published in over a year

Troubled adult residential college praised for efforts to tackle safety concerns

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Cost of living, Funding

MP urges struggling college to hit the brakes on campus closure

‘Underutilised’ site to shut to save on costs

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Exams

Exams: Some colleges ‘unnecessarily’ doing too many ‘plan B’ tests

‘Small number’ of colleges have ‘created a large number of new and additional mock exams and assessments’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

UCU boss agrees to pay damages over ‘reckless’ tweets

Jo Grady agrees payout to Paul Embery over tweets last summer

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Ofsted

Catholic sixth form college stays ‘outstanding’ after 15-year inspection gap

The college’s student population almost doubled in that time

Jason Noble
Jason Noble


Digital

First approved digital functional skills awarding body revealed

New courses set to be launched in August 2023

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Long read, Skills reform

Investigation: Why care training is in crisis, and the solutions are falling short

The social care system is at breaking point with more than 165,000 vacancies. The government wants more apprentices to…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Higher education, Lifelong Learning, Skills reform

£2m set aside for lifelong loan awareness campaign

Flagship policy will provide individuals with the equivalent of four years of post-18 education to use over their lifetime

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Warnings to providers over third-party harassment claims

Private member’s bill could mean more liability for employers, including colleges and ITPs

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Ofsted

‘Momentous’ top Ofsted rating for large Kent college group

EKC Group secures ‘outstanding’ designations in all areas

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges

Quiche and karaoke: Colleges hail the King

FE students across England have been getting involved in coronation activities

Jason Noble
Jason Noble

Must read

Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps

Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Frances Read
Apprenticeships

Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse

ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets

Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen