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High-profile college leader to retire

The well-known leader of a high-profile college has announced his intention to retire after more than 11 years at…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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ESFA bans 8 more providers from recruiting apprentices

Another eight apprenticeship providers have been stopped from doing new business after being rapped by Ofsted. The penalties were…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Does Corbyn’s ‘education escalator’ still include free adult learning?

Labour’s commitment to fully funding beginner and “second-chance” short adult education courses has been questioned, after the political party…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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UCU threatens strike action over AoC’s ‘derisory’ 1% staff pay rise recommendation

The University and College Union has threatened more strike action in the new year after the Association of Colleges…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Insolvency Service investigating Hadlow College directors

The former leaders of the first college to enter education administration are being investigated by the Insolvency Service. The…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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City & Guilds buys another training provider

Education giant City & Guilds announced today it has acquired its second training provider in two years. Intertrain, a…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu


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Lib Dems pledge £10k ‘skills wallet’ for adults

The Lib Dems have pledged to give every adult in England £10,000 to put towards education and training. In…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Revealed: Hadlow College owes £40 million to over 300 organisations

A scandal-hit college and the first to enter education administration owes £40 million to over 300 companies, charities and…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College WILL pay the cost of FE loans for victims of a subcontracting scandal

The college involved in a FE loan scandal has agreed to pay the cost of the debt in full,…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Troubled Manchester sixth form college in merger rescue talks

Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College is looking to merge with the Trafford College Group, after the former’s leaders…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted watch: Inspectors find learners unaware they are on an apprenticeship

A new provider that has learners on its programme who did not even know they were apprentices overshadowed a…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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Ofsted praise environment in new inspection reports

“Two acres of peaceful gardens create a calm environment and help them relax, enabling all to concentrate fully on…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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