News Exclusive Chartered Institution for FE in breach of bye-laws after ‘minor technical error’ delays accounts’ publication The Chartered Institution for Further Education looks to have broken its bye-laws set by the Privy Council after failing… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted watch: ‘Insufficient’ week for new private providers Nearly half of the new providers which have had Ofsted reports published this week have made ‘insufficient progress’ in… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Licence fees to almost double for cash-strapped UTCs The new chief executive of the Baker Dearing Trust has defended the decision to nearly double the membership fee… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted criticised for using ‘small’ apprentice sample in damaging monitoring report A provider has hit out at Ofsted after the inspectorate sampled just a fraction of its apprentices to decide… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Cash-strapped college group finally appoints permanent chief executive A troubled college group that has been run by an interim chief executive for nearly a year has appointed… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News High Court places West Kent and Ashford College into administration West Kent and Ashford College has been put into education administration, making it the second college to fall under… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Second college to go through insolvency regime West Kent and Ashford College will apply to enter education administration tomorrow. The embattled college is expected to follow… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Bulletin, News A-level results 2019 | Live blog A-level results day is here! Over 200,000 students studying the qualifications up and down the country will today find… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News New education secretary meets WorldSkills UK in first college visit The education secretary, Gavin Williamson, has met Team UK representatives during his first visit to a further education college… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News ‘We are ready’: Team UK mechatronics duo take on the world’s best FE Week talks medal hopes and teamwork with WorldSkills UK mechatronics competitors Jack Dakin and Danny Slater as the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Labour pledges to ditch predicted grades from university admissions Students would only be able to apply to universities after seeing their A-level and other qualification results under a… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Cyber crime advice put out by ESFA following college email hacks Firewalls, data back-ups and training staff to verify email senders are some of the actions colleges should take to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 819 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