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Hull College staff want their CEO sacked after ice-cream ‘bribe’

Staff at the cash-strapped Hull College Group are demanding the immediate resignation of their chief executive after she offered…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Sixth-form colleges given access to government bailout fund

Sixth form colleges can now apply for government bailout cash, according to updated guidance published by the Department for…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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MPs’ inquiry will look into long-term planning for FE

The Commons education committee will investigate long-term education investment – especially whether colleges and schools are getting the money…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Apprenticeship starts still in free-fall

Apprenticeship starts were down 31 per cent in January on the same period in 2017, the latest provisional government…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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South Wiltshire UTC rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted

Another University Technical College has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted, taking the total number in the category to six….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Hull College staff ‘overwhelmingly’ vote to strike over 200 job cuts

Staff at the financially troubled Hull College Group have “overwhelmingly” backed strike action in a bitter dispute over the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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New ways to win at the 15th National Apprenticeship Awards

The 15th National Apprenticeship Awards are now open for entries – and several new categories have been announced, including…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

The Skills Show rebrands as WorldSkills UK LIVE

The country’s biggest skills and careers event is getting a revamp and changing its name. Formerly known as The…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

AoC Sport National Championships kicking off for their 40th year

The biggest sporting event in the college calendar promises to be extra special this year, as the AoC Sport…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Future of Workers’ Educational Association threatened by devolution

A huge training provider that has been educating disadvantaged adults for over 100 years could “disappear” if it loses…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Bitter war of words intensifies between AELP and IfA

The Institute for Apprenticeships is the “biggest threat” to quality in apprenticeships, the boss of the Association of Employment…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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CITB shedding 800 jobs as it pulls out of direct training

The Construction Industry Training Board will shed around 800 jobs over the next three years, in a radical overhaul…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord

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