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College surges from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ in Ofsted report praising 100 per cent GCSE English pass rate

“Outstanding” GCSE English results have helped a formerly ‘inadequate’ sixth form college surge to ‘good’ in less than 18…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Experienced principal appointed chief executive designate ahead of merger

Andy Wilson (pictured above) has been appointed as the new chief executive designate of City and Islington and Westminster…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Cameron to break bank fine pledge?

George Osborne has been challenged to reveal in Parliament whether a proposed apprenticeship fund created from Libor fines –…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College given Ofsted boost after double grade four

Troubled Lewisham Southwark College is continuing to improve in all areas according to its latest monitoring visit report from…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Joint strike action in FE colleges will be taken by Unison and UCU members on February 24

Joint strike action will be taken by members of the University and College Union (UCU) and Unison working in…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Almost 90 per cent of ethnic minority FE staff have faced promotion ‘barriers’

Almost 90 per cent of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) FE staff members have ‘often’ or ‘sometimes’ faced…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


News

Tough new strike threshold won’t apply to college support staff

Tough new rules requiring a 40 per cent threshold for strike action in key public services will not apply…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Colleges in Norfolk and Suffolk launch ‘collaborative’ group

The leaders of all 11 colleges in the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area have joined forces to be…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Public sector apprenticeship targets to be debated in Parliament

Apprenticeship targets for the public sector and making the misuse of the term apprenticeship an offence will be debated…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Colleges and training providers left disappointed as equality and diversity fund closed

The Equality and Diversity Good Practice Fund was the source of 29 innovative projects in 2014/15, but providers hoping…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Government urged to act over SEND travel cuts

The government has been urged to review transport arrangements for post-16 special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) students, after…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Employer Skills Survey in limbo after funding cut

Questions remain over the future of the UK’s largest employer skills survey, with indications that responsibility for labour market…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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