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Costumes inspired by The Gruffalo

Cleveland College of Art and Design students helped youngsters with special needs create costumes and paper mache masks inspired by children’s books. A group of 22 first year extended diploma art and design learners spent a day in June with five to 11-year-old pupils from Springwell School, in Hartlepool. They helped the youngsters, who had […]

Cutting cloth in fashion world with clothing label

Teenage designer Jeanne-Marie Fraser is cutting her cloth in the fashion industry through developing her own clothing label. The 18-year-old former level three fashion and clothing student, who completed her course at Croydon School of Art on Friday (July 4) but does not yet know what grade she achieved, has been developing her clothing brand […]

Providers set to benefit from 2015-16 funding allocations for local enterprise partnerships

The government has announced how it will split £2bn over the next financial year between 39 local enterprise partnerships (Leps) across the country — which will spend a proportion of that cash on FE projects. All the Leps submitted strategic economic plans three months ago which set out their bids for a slice of the […]

Adult education could be funded per learner under Labour

Post-19 funding could be allocated on a per student basis under a Labour government, Shadow Skills Minister Liam Byrne said in a speech today. Speaking at City of Westminster College this morning, Mr Byrne said the Labour Party was considering the move to bring adult learning in line with 16 to 19 learning. He said: […]

WorldSkills UK squad announced

Almost 100 young people were today (July 7) confirmed as UK squad members for next year’s WorldSkills competition in Brazil. Following three days of gruelling tests in their different skill areas, 98 young people landed a spot on the squad, offering them the chance to go on to compete at WorldSkills in Sao Paulo next […]

Warwickshire College defends ‘disturbing’ and ‘unusual’ interim principal appointment

Warwickshire College has defended its decision to appoint its chair of governors as interim principal after the move was described as “unusual” and “disturbing” by sector figures. The college has insisted its decision to appoint chair of governors Sue Georgious on an interim basis when principal Mariane Cavalli took a “temporary leave of absence” had […]

Principal and deputies on leave at Lowestoft College after consultant criticises rate of improvement

The principal and two deputies at Lowestoft College have taken leaves of absence after a consultant reported the college was not making improvements fast enough. The 4,000-learner college in East Anglia was given a grade three “requires improvement” rating by Ofsted last June, but the college has now announced that principal Simon Summers (pictured above) […]

UCU and Lambeth College to come back to the table as strike continues

Representative members from University and College Union (UCU) and Lambeth College leadership are due to return to the negotiating table as the fourth week of an indefinite strike over staff contracts draws to a close. Union officials and Lambeth College met on Friday to try to bring an end to the stand-off over contracts which unions say […]

UTCS may not be the answer, Labour warned

The Association of Colleges (AoC) has warned Labour-backed proposals for 100 more University Technical Colleges (UTCs) to be established by 2020 “may not be the best response” to skills shortages. The AoC was joined by former government advisor Sam Freedman in questioning whether there was enough evidence to support the plans, outlined by Lord Adonis […]