Author: Alix Robertson

Midday update: Sadly Martin Doel hasn’t been appointed our new editor, because this was, of course, another infamous FE Week April Fool. However, today does mark the start of our search for a new full-time editor for FE Week. The ad is now live on the Guardian jobs website, with applications due by the end of […]

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has led a one-day national strike for sixth-form college’s (SFCs) across the country, including a march on Parliament to protest against cuts to funding for the sector. The NUT held a rally at noon at the Camden Centre, where speeches were made by figures including Kevin Courtney, deputy general […]

Middlesbrough College has been confirmed as the latest new member of 157 Group, FE Week can reveal. Zoe Lewis (pictured above), principal and chief executive, announced the news on the college’s website today. It comes after the 157 Group exclusively revealed its expansion plans to FE Week in January and brings the total number to 31. Ms […]

LATEST: Nescot accepts former £360k a year principal was unfairly dismissed An FE principal and chief executive officer (CEO) has been paid a salary of over £330k for 2014/15 — more than doubling her wage for the previous year. Sunaina Mann, principal and CEO of the North East Surrey College of Technology (Nescot) Group, received […]

City of Bristol College has slumped back to an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating, following an inspection in late January. The report is a setback for the college, which was last rated inadequate in April 2013 but had pulled up its rating to ‘requires improvement’ in June the following year. The education watchdog criticised City of Bristol for […]

One college principal expects the number of colleges in England to drop by a third over the next two years, FE Week can reveal. Stuart Cutforth, principal and chief executive of Chesterfield College, raised the issue in a speech at the 2016 emfec conference in Nottingham today (February 7), saying that he expected college numbers […]

After giving a speech to a packed room at the University and College Union (UCU) conference ‘Education from Cradle to Grave’ (February 6), Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn took time out of his busy schedule to tell FE Week his views on some of the sector’s most pressing issues. Mr Corbyn on FE Week’s Edition […]

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn  called for a greater focus on lifelong learning, such as the provision offered by many FE colleges, to address the skills gap in Britain. In addressing a large audience at the University and College Union (UCU) ‘Cradle to Grave’ conference today in Senate House, University of London, Mr Corbyn said the […]