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Should Ofsted help shape programmes as well as inspect them?

Sue Pember casts her eye over the Ofsted 2014/15 annual report. Ofsted’s mission statement is ‘raising standards and improving lives’ and that is certainly the focus of the 2014/15 annual report. Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw was absolutely right to highlight the failure of many secondary schools and point out how the performance of secondary […]

Launch date finally set for first round of invitations to tender for Euro skills contracts

The launch date for the first round of long-overdue invitations to tender for European Social Fund (ESF) contracts has been set for Monday (December 7), FE Week can reveal. The previous 2007 to 2013 Euro skills contracts closed on July 31 and none have gone out to tender through the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) since. A […]

Exclusive: Lep areas revealed for first round of invitations to tender for delayed ESF contracts

These are the first areas which the will be involved in the first round of long-awaited invitations to tender for European Social Fund (ESF) contracts, FE Week can exclusively reveal. The previous 2007 to 2013 ESF contracts closed on July 31 and none have gone out to tender through the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) since. […]

ETF reveals who will run consultation on Functional Skills reforms

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has appointed a Yorkshire-based firm to run a consultation with the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) on how English and maths Functional Skills should be reformed. The government asked ETF to carry out a comprehensive review of English and maths Functional Skills, as reported in FE Week in […]

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Doel stepping down as Association of Colleges boss and moving to new FE professorship

Martin Doel will be standing down as chief executive of the Association of Colleges (AoC) from September to move to a new professorship for the Further Education Trust for Leadership (Fetl). Mr Doel will continue in his post with the AoC until September 1, while also helping to establish his new role as Fetl Professor […]

AoC Annual Conference 2015

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The Skills Show 2015

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Movers and shakers: edition 156

Barnsley College governors have seen big changes among their senior memberships and staff. Simon Perryman takes the position of chair from Josie Thirkell, who steps down after three-and-a-half years in the role. Paul Jagger MBE and Ben Mansford also join the board, with Mr Jagger taking up the position of vice chair. New chair Mr […]