Author: Billy Camden

A college rocked by a £20 million apprenticeship scandal is now being run by a Department for Education consultant after the chair stood down, FE Week can reveal. Terry Lazenby (pictured right) resigned from Brooklands College this week. It is a relatively small college that FE Week understands is now trading whilst insolvent, after the […]

The education secretary has said his former college made the “right decision” in pulling out of offering a T-level in digital, as he pledged to convene business leaders in an attempt to address shortages of work placement opportunities. It was announced this week that Scarborough Sixth Form College, where Gavin Williamson studied, will no longer […]

The Augar report could be “dead” after university vice-chancellors whinged they couldn’t “possibly survive” on slashed tuition fees “because we’ll all have to reduce our salaries or spend on wine and beer”. That is according to the chief executive of the Association of Colleges, David Hughes, who told a Conservative Party Conference fringe event yesterday […]

The boss of the Education and Skills Funding Agency has sent a sector-wide letter warning she will take strong action against any provider that does not play by their subcontracting rules, following the Brooklands College scandal. Eileen Milner has written to all colleges and training providers today to state the agency is continuing to investigate […]

The education secretary’s former sixth form college has pulled out of offering two T-level pathways ahead of their launch next year, according to the Department for Education. Officials said today that Scarborough Sixth Form College, where Gavin Williamson studied, will no longer deliver the construction or digital pathways in 2020. They have will also no […]

The education secretary Gavin Williamson put FE centre stage during an impassioned speech at the Conservative Party Conference today. While promising to deliver a “revolution” in technical education and pledging to overtake Germany in this area over the next decade, he also unveiled a £120 million boost to open up another eight Institutes of Technology, […]

A further eight Institutes of Technology are to be created by the government through a new £120 million tender, Gavin Williamson is to announce. Plans for a second wave of specialist institutes are expected to be unveiled by the education secretary at the Conservative Party conference today. It comes after the FE Week revealed geographical […]

The independent investigation into Hull College Group is being led by a lawyer who has a long history with the college, FE Week understands. Law firm Stone King confirmed this afternoon that it has been “instructed” to carry out the inquiry following allegations of nepotism and inappropriate use of funds by college bosses. The firm’s […]