Feature

Shedding light on Leeds City College’s rebrand and expansion

One of the biggest FE providers in the country is going through a momentous upheaval. Leeds City College Group...

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
Movers and Shakers

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 284

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Meri Huws, Trustee, Vocational Training, Charitable Trust Start date: April...

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
News

Sixth form college retains its grade one after 12-year respite

A sixth form college in Merseyside has become the first SFC to score a grade one Ofsted rating in...

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
News

College starved of cash shuts award winning training restaurant

A college has been forced to shut the doors of its prestigious restaurant, blaming years of government cuts to...

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
News

Colleges fail to win any OfS mental health funding

All three college bids for a £6 million fund to help reduce student mental health problems have been rejected....

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
Bulletin, Movers and Shakers

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 283

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. John Westhead, Director of training services, St Helens Chamber Start...

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
Opinion

It is easy to conclude that the DfE are not serious about apprenticeship quality

This week we report that the Department for Education will announce that the Office for Students, not Ofsted, will...

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Nick Linford
News

Ofsted watch: Airports apprenticeship provider slammed by Ofsted – again

A new apprenticeship provider that was suspended from recruiting learners last year has been rated ‘inadequate’ in its first...

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
News

Four-letter verdict on colossal European Social Fund blunder

In what one ESFA official is alleged to have called a “f*ck up of epic proportions”, all 80 training...

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino