News

Ofsted watch: Two providers rated ‘inadequate’ for apprenticeships

A private provider has dropped two grades to ‘inadequate’ and a sixth form college was rated grade four for...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Opinion

Hadlow College scandal and government response is an FE watershed moment

FE Week’s story of Hadlow College being the first to be taken through a new education insolvency regime is...

Fraser Whieldon
Nick Linford
Bulletin, Movers and Shakers

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 281

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Carl Lygo, Vice chancellor and CEO, Arden University Start date:...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Providers face further wait on tender outcome as GLA wrestles with queries

Providers awaiting the outcome of the Greater London Authority’s adult education budget tender will not be told the outcome...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Revealed: The 21 winners of the West Midlands AEB tender

The first winners from a devolved adult education budget (AEB) competitive procurement process have been told the good news....

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Three colleges handed DfE warnings over finances

Three struggling colleges have been hit with a notice to improve by the government this afternoon, after they were...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Another 6 new providers suspended from taking on apprentices

Six more new providers have received temporary bans on recruiting apprentices following early Ofsted inspections that found them making...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

EPI: Proportion of sixth form colleges with in-year deficits rockets fivefold in six-year period

The proportion of sixth form colleges with in-year deficits has soared fivefold over a six-year period due to crippling...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Feature, News

Prison education? It’s much calmer than an FE college…

No college would consider it had done a good job if it allowed students to complete their studies without...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon