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Principal resigns as college made aware of “allegations of mismanagement”

The principal of Bishop Burton College has resigned amid “allegations of mismanagement”. Jeanette Dawson OBE is understood to have…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Pilot applications open for new Strategic College Improvement Fund

A fund designed to help failing colleges improve the quality of education and training has opened its pilot scheme…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Search on for top FE leaders to support struggling colleges

High achieving FE leaders are being sought by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to support other colleges in…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Milton only appoints Conservative MPs as apprenticeships ambassadors

Three Conservative MPs have today been named as apprenticeship ambassadors by skills minister Anne Milton. Maria Caulfield, Stephen Metcalfe,…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Ombudsman warns councils are failing special needs learners

Councils are not doing enough to ensure special needs learners get the help they need, a report from the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Ascentis named as awarding organisation of the year

Ascentis has been crowned awarding organisation of the year on an exciting night for the sector. The Federation of…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord


News

Apprenticeship funding model report provokes dismay

A long-awaited report on whether the government’s forecasting tool to predict apprenticeship starts is working has caused dismay over…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

SPONSORED: Tech trailblazers – FE colleges leading the way

Using technology to assist the delivery of an engaging education experience is no longer a luxury — it’s a…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

No news on permanent Institute for Apprenticeships boss

Attempts to recruit a permanent chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships are still ongoing, six months after the…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News, WorldSkills 2017

WorldSkills 2017: Full medal tables published

Team UK’s position as one the best in the world at vocational skills has been reaffirmed following World Skills…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Ofsted watch: Two colleges improve to ‘good’ rating

Two FE colleges are celebrating Ofsted success this week after climbing from a grade 3 to a grade 2….

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Colleges lose £1.2 million under controversial condition-of-funding rules

Four providers have been stripped of more than £100,000 due to the controversial English and maths condition-of-funding rule, although…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross

Must read

16-19

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill