Author: Billy Camden

UPDATE: UCU members at the Hull College Group will walk out on strike tomorrow (May 9) over plans to slash jobs. Hull College Group has “absolute confidence” in its under-fire chief executive and will not bow to staff and union pressure to fire her, it has announced. Staff who are members of the University and […]

Another studio school that has severely struggled with recruitment has agreed to close “in principle”. Plans to shut the Isle of Wight Studio School in August 2019 were announced today, but the final decision will be subject to a four-week consultation. The school said in a statement that the decision has come about because “too […]

It has been a difficult week for first-time private providers, as one was rated ‘requires improvement’ and another was handed the dreaded grade four. Millennium Academy, based in Barking, was deemed ‘inadequate’ across the board. This was its first ever inspection and despite Ofsted only judging the provider’s adult learning provision, Millennium now faces being […]

Thirty-six teacher training organisations have joined the register of apprenticeship training providers during a secret application window, FE Week can reveal. Employers and providers have been denied the opportunity to win a place on to RoATP ever since the third and most recent application window shut at the end of October, with results published in […]

Staff at the cash-strapped Hull College Group are demanding the immediate resignation of their chief executive after she offered discounted ice-creams to deter them participating in a protest over job losses. Members of the University and College Union unanimously backed a vote of no-confidence in their boss Michelle Swithenbank today. It follows yesterday’s vote for […]

Another University Technical College has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted, taking the total number in the category to six. Following an inspection in mid-February, the South Wiltshire UTC was told its leadership and management, quality of teaching, learning and assessment, outcomes for pupils and 16 to 19 study programmes were inadequate. Personal development, behaviour and […]

Staff at the financially troubled Hull College Group have “overwhelmingly” backed strike action in a bitter dispute over the potential loss of up to 231 full-time jobs. In total, 170 (79 per cent) of 214 the University and College Union members who voted at the college’s three campuses in Hull, Harrogate and Goole supported industrial […]

A huge training provider that has been educating disadvantaged adults for over 100 years could “disappear” if it loses £7 million as a result of devolution, the House of Lords has heard. The Workers’ Educational Association expects to lose a third of its income when the adult education budget is devolved starting next year – […]