Opinion

Leading the ILP way on new short inspections

Hull Business Training Centre this month became the first FE and skills independent learning provider to undergo Ofsted’s new...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

The Principal’s Office — English and maths challenge

The national 16 to 18 A*-C pass rates in 14/15 were 35.8 per cent (38.9 per cent) for GCSE...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

‘Keep out of it’ – AELP boss Stewart Segal warns Skills Minister Nick Boles off apprenticeships

Skills Minister Nick Boles has been urged to stay out of apprenticeship delivery business after telling college principals that...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

SFA warns colleges of a future without sub-contracting

Skills Funding Agency funding and programmes director Keith Smith (pictured above) has warned college leaders they were facing a...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Profiles

Gill Clipson, deputy chief executive, Association of Colleges

After taking time out from primary and secondary school teaching to have a family around 30 years ago, Gill...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Record-breaking £14k raised for Helena Kennedy Foundation at FE Week charity auction

The FE Week 2015 annual charity auction and raffle raised a record-breaking £14,000 for the Helena Kennedy Foundation. Leaders...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Staring into the funding abyss – Skills Minister Nick Boles paints stark picture of cuts to hit sector

The sector has been left staring into the financial abyss after Skills Minister Nick Boles warned Association of Colleges...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

‘Remarkable how colleges have kept going’ says AoC chief Martin Doel

Ahead of the Association of Colleges (AoC) 2015 conference, chief executive Martin Doel tells FE Week reporter Alix Robertson...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

College chairs’ bid to prevent Chancellor George Osborne raid on finances

More than 100 college governors’ board chairs put on a united front to Prime Minister David Cameron in a...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson