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REVEALED: £26.6m cost of Hadlow Group transfer and how five colleges were bailed out to avoid insolvency

The eye-watering £26.6 million cost of the first two education insolvencies, and how five colleges were bailed out by...

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Fraser Whieldon
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NAO reveal £726m in college bailouts and loans with ‘nearly half’ in intervention

Nearly three-quarters of a billion pounds in public funds has been spent on bailing out and restructuring colleges, while...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted chief now ‘open to exploring’ direct inspection of all FE subcontractors

For the first time Ofsted is exploring a move to directly inspect all FE subcontractors, something until now it...

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Fraser Whieldon
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College drops plans for ‘alternate week’ rota after parent complaints

A college has dropped plans to alternate students between on-site provision and studying from home after an outcry from...

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Fraser Whieldon
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UCU boss pockets £400k payoff a year after lambasting college principals as ‘greedy and hopelessly out of touch’

The general secretary of a leading college union who lambasted colleges for how much their principals earn was handed...

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Fraser Whieldon
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College switches to ‘alternate week’ rota despite government promising full-time teaching

A college has implemented an ‘alternate week’ timetable for 16 to 18-year-olds after concluding it did not have the...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Movers and Shakers

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 325

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Jenna Wrathall MBE, High-performance skills coach, WorldSkills UK Centre of...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Student numbers soaring at new UTC

The first new university technical college to open its doors for two years has been deluged with students, while...

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Fraser Whieldon
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Call for colleges to host employer hubs to help fill healthcare vacancies

New employer hubs to “turbocharge greater college collaboration” with the NHS have been proposed to fill “significant workforce vacancies”...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon