News

Speed read: New rules for subcontracting starting from 2020/21

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has set out the measures it will take to “significantly” reduce subcontracting in...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Opinion

How FE can support the economy and drive social mobility

Construction Gateway in the West Midlands has resulted in wider economic benefits and more students finding jobs, says Clare...

Fraser Whieldon
Clare Hatton
News

From Saturday adults can go to the pub but not to college. Could that change before September?

The Department for Education has revealed it is considering allowing adult learners to return to college before September ahead of the full re-opening...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Specialist colleges honoured in inaugural Natspec awards

Leading post-16 providers that teach students with special educational needs and disabilities have been recognised for excellence in the sector at...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Construction is still under way – but with new rules and procedures

While the government has promised £1.5 billion of new cash to colleges over this parliament to create “cutting-edge facilities”,...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Bulletin, Movers and Shakers

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 315

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Daniel Canavan, Executive Director, PM Training Start date: April 2020...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Opinion

Why it’s good to get out of your comfort zone and create ‘the new normal’

Michelle Brabner’s first days in her new job as college principal occurred just as the coronavirus pandemic took hold....

Fraser Whieldon
Michelle Brabner
Bulletin

East Sussex campus adapted to help 85 chemo patients a day

A college in Eastbourne has allowed its local hospital to relocate its chemotherapy unit to its campus to ensure...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Bulletin

Hospice ‘astounded’ at funds raised by Darlington College staff

More than 30 Darlington College workers have run the equivalent of four marathons in their daily hours of exercise...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon