Author: FE Week Reporter

Former Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has been installed as favourite to take over from fallen Liberal Democrat heavyweight Dr Vince Cable as Business Secretary. Meanwhile, Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna is the bookies’ favourite to succeed Ed Miliband as Labour leader, while former education and skills select committee member Tim Farron [subject of an FE […]

Sector leaders have issued their responses to the Conservative victory in the general election. Martin Doel (pictured right), chief executive of the Association of Colleges, said: “After offering our congratulations to the new Government, our message is simple – if you want to boost this country’s economy, then the education and training provided by colleges, […]

Nick Boles was tonight yet to speak with Prime Minister David Cameron about whether he will be reinstated as Skills Minister, FE Week can exclusively reveal. Just hours after being returned as the MP for Grantham and Stamford with an increased majority after earning 28,399 votes, he said he had not spoken with Mr Cameron […]

Click here to view the table The proportion of colleges and independent learning providers (ILPs) ordered to improve by Ofsted is on the rise, FE Week research has found. Sector bodies have raised concerns the trend in results so far this calender year versus the same period last year is evidence Ofsted has raised the […]

A merger between two failing and nearby South East London colleges could be on the table with the FE Commissioner considering both their futures, FE Week can reveal. Dr David Collins has been sent into Greenwich Community College and Lewisham Southwark College in recent months after they both got disastrous grade four Ofsted results — […]

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The University and College Union (UCU) has said it hopes FE Commissioner Dr David Collins’ city-wide review of vocational education under way in Nottingham could end “wasteful and unnecessary” competition between local providers. The review, revealed exclusively by feweek.co.uk this month, could lead to the merger of two of the city’s biggest colleges, New College […]

Stockport College has hit back at questions over its role as sponsor of Stockport Technical School after the announcement it would close a year earlier than planned. More than 20 learners will have to be found schools elsewhere at which to complete GCSEs and other qualifications after the 14 to 19 free school announced it […]