Opinion

Ofsted inspections – why are the grades dropping?

The decrease in colleges’ Ofsted grades has been well documented in FE Week. In 2009-2010, about a quarter of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Data management – abuse or inadequacy?

The recent FE Week headline about the leaked Tenon report once again brings to the fore accusations of manipulating...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Green light for another 15 UTCs

A further 15 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) are to be funded by the government and rolled out over the...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Penny Wycherley, principal and CEO, Great Yarmouth College

“By any standards, it was a dysfunctional childhood,” says Penny Wycherley, principal of Great Yarmouth College, of her early...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Active IQ, the awarding organisation of choice for the active leisure sector, has launched a new range of tailored...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Geoff Hall receives knighthood

The chair of the information authority was knighted at Buckingham Palace last week. Geoff Hall – principal of New...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Franklin College receives “inadequate” Ofsted grade

Franklin College has been judged as “inadequate” by Ofsted under new pilot inspection guidelines. The sixth form college in...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Stafford College receives “inadequate” Ofsted grade

Stafford College has been rated “inadequate” in a recent Ofsted inspection. The college, which received a grade 2 in...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

SFA interim chief executive to be revealed later today

The new interim chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will be announced later today. The Department for...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter