News

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
News

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
News

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
News

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
News

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
News

Workers told to repay thousands for construction course they ‘did not take’

Grzegorz Bogdanski is being forced by the government to repay a £5,421 loan for an FE course he claimed…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu


News

Coupland to replace Berragan as IfATE chief next week

Sir Gerry Berragan’s reign at the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) will end this month as he…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

College lowers expectations over £1.4m legal battle with Nigeria

A college locked in a legal battle with a Nigerian state has substantially lowered its expectations about recovering the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Recruitment drive as Ofqual cracks down on non-compliance

Ofqual is beefing up its compliance teams as part of a crackdown on awarding bodies following high-profile mishaps and…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Festival of Learning 2020 award nominations launched

The 2020 Festival of Learning awards are open for nominations from today for colleges and training providers. There are…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
News

Conservative Party admits IoT claim was an error

The Conservatives have promised to rectify a misleading claim it has made about further education in the build-up to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

OCR becomes second exam board to breach re-mark rules

OCR will pay schools and colleges nearly £15,000 in compensation after becoming the second exam board to breach rules…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
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