Colleges

DfE props up college merger with £7m grant

Proposals to sell one of the new group’s campuses have also been met with dismay

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Revealed: Strode’s £5.75m subcontract scandal bill

The clawback has now been inherited by a newly formed college group

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Get on board and publish your minutes, FE Commissioner tells colleges

FE Week audit finds half of colleges have not published governor minutes this year

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofqual

New ‘honesty’ rules for awarding organisations kick in from December

Awarding organisations required to act with honesty and integrity or face fines

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Devolution

EMCCA’s adult skills cash released after legal bid is ditched

But losing providers continue complaints that most winners are out-of-area

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

National Grid lights up with fourth consecutive Ofsted ‘outstanding’

Energy giant’s apprenticeships have held the top mark for 20 years

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Ofsted

Adult education provider climbs to top of Ofsted ladder

JGA’s approach to developing training ‘in a very human-centred way’ recognised with watchdog’s highest gong

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Weir ‘outstanding’ again after rare double Ofsted inspection

Training provider successfully challenged provisional grade ‘in the pursuit of fairness and accuracy’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Merger date set for mega south west college group

The new name of the combined institutions has also been revealed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

Sudden closures hit Derbyshire adult education centres

Angry MP slams lack of public consultation

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofsted

Skills bootcamp provider scores top marks from Ofsted

The Curious Academy commended for supporting learners beyond the bootcamp

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Ellen Thinnesen named as new FE Commissioner

The Education Partnership North East CEO will take the reins from Shelagh Legrave in January

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

Must read

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
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