Catherine Murray

Nazir Afzal

Nazir Afzal is “desperately concerned” about how the government treats FE. One answer, he says, it to raise its profile (and it will require more than a ‘Love our Colleges’ campaign). The chair of north Manchester’s Hopwood Hall College has encouraged a Channel 4 news presenter to apply to his board and wants to persuade […]

The principal who took over two failed colleges and came out smiling

Mike Hopkins has more experience than most principals of overseeing college mergers. In January of this year South and City College Birmingham, which he heads, received its second successive grade 2 Ofsted, despite having absorbed two failing colleges in the past seven years. FE Week asked how they managed it In 2012, before area reviews […]

How to move more school-leavers towards degree apprenticeships

Key stakeholders must understand that apprenticeships are as valuable as any other degree, says Jassiem Moore The Department for Education is making worrying noises about having to make “hard choices” to avoid an overspend of the apprenticeship levy. Jonathan Slater, the department’s permanent secretary, told the Public Accounts Committee this week that if funding were […]

Education that gets out of classrooms and into the community

Six per cent of adults with learning disabilities are in paid employment – something that specialist colleges are working hard to redress through their own enterprises, supported work experience or supported internship programmes. FE Week visits two Leicestershire colleges to see how they’re going about it I meet Tracey Forman at the Barrow of Treats […]

Judith Doyle, Principal and CEO, Gateshead College

FE Week travelled to Newcastle to meet the college principal who was recognised in the New Year’s honours for her services to skills education in the north-east, and who’s spent her entire career in the same institution Two images of Judith Doyle stick with me – long after I’ve walked the Tyne Bridge back north […]

College teacher pay decision is clumsy and divisive

Having identified some new funding for teacher pay, it could have been spent fairly across the system – instead it has caused division, laments Eddie Playfair The government’s latest decision on the teacher pay grant is clumsy and divisive and creates a new level of unfairness in their treatment of colleges. To give credit where […]

Tom Bewick, chief executive, Federation of Awarding Bodies

Tom Bewick recently took over the top job at the membership organisation Federation of Awarding Bodies. FE Week caught up with him just a couple of months into the job, to find out what led him to where he is today “You’re not going to write one of those profiles where you dissect my food […]

GCSE English resits: 2018 results

Here are the 2018 GCSE English results for all students in the UK, aged 17 and over, and the trends in grades and number of entries since 2014. GCSE grades, English language, age 17+ (2014-2018) GCSE entries, English language, age 17+ (2014-2018) GCSE grades, English literature, age 17+ (2014-2018) GCSE entries, English […]

GCSE maths resits: 2018 results

Here are the 2018 GCSE maths results for all students in the UK, aged 17 and over, and the trends in grades and number of entries since 2014. GCSE grades, maths, age 17+ (2014-2018) GCSE entries, maths, age 17+ (2014-2018) Here are the GCSE English resit results for 2018. Thanks to Education […]