News Exclusive Stella suspended following FE Commissioner intervention A principal at the centre of a college expenses scandal has been suspended, FE Week can reveal. Stella Mbubaegbu… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Nick Linford 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 819 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
