News Ofsted watch: An uncomfortable week for many providers Three independent learning providers received a grade three from Ofsted, in a mixed week for FE providers. One independent… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Hull college boss quits despite chair telling staff investigation found ‘no impropriety’ The chief executive at a college under investigation for nepotism and ‘financial wrongdoing’ is leaving, FE Week can reveal…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Highbury College appoints former AoC chief as interim chair A college embroiled in an expenses scandal has appointed an ex-chief executive of the Association of Colleges (AoC) as its… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News 12 months of FE Week: January For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Starting… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Halfon seeks re-election as chair of education committee Robert Halfon, the former education minister who chaired the Parliamentary education committee for the past two-and-a-half years, is seeking… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Forensic auditors called in to investigate ‘unplanned deficit’ at leading college An investigation has been launched at Gateshead College after it had an unexplained deficit in the last financial year…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Jobs saved as private provider steps in to stop grade 4 firm closing branch A private provider in the north east has stepped in to save 11 workers from redundancy by acquiring a… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Williamson stays on as education secretary, but must replace his two top advisers Gavin Williamson has returned to work at the Department for Education after his party won a majority at last… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News 2019: The year in FE Week cartoons As 2019 draws to a close, we are taking a look back at the stories of the year, as… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Climate Change The future of colleges: Is the sector ready for the climate emergency? The college sector will play a major role in transitioning the economy to meet carbon reducation targets. But are… JL Dutaut 6y JL Dutaut 6y News College saves private provider from going bust a week before Christmas A college has rescued an independent provider from going bust, saving around 70 jobs and the learning of “hundreds”… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: Providers score highly in first run of early monitoring reports for specialist colleges Two providers scored highly in the first run of Ofsted early monitoring reports for specialist colleges, in a week… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 819 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
