News

Watchdog opens ‘statutory inquiry’ into City & Guilds sale

Executive bonuses and trustees’ ‘decision making’ to be formally probed

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Josh Mellor
Skills bootcamps

Mayors walk away from skills bootcamps

Devolution rules mean local leaders are gaining more freedom over their policy plans

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Josh Mellor
Awarding

Charity Commission to ‘obtain more information’ about City & Guilds sale

Foundation also confirms chair Dame Ann Limb will step down this year

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Josh Mellor
News

New peer and former City and Guilds chair admits wrongly claiming PhD

Dame Ann Limb has been awarded several honorary doctorates but has not completed a full PhD

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

College pulls statement about its future after failing to get DfE sign off

The now-retracted Havant and South Downs College press release claimed it has a ‘strong and independent future’

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

FE Commissioner: ‘I never intended to force college mergers – but bigger groups have thrived’

Shelagh Legrave also reflects on ‘sobering’ reminders of bad governance in her final annual report

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Josh Mellor
NEETs

Milburn’s panel of experts named for rising NEETs review

College principal among list of specialists spanning health, disability rights and policy

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Josh Mellor
News

Some City & Guilds jobs to ship to Greece as new bosses chase savings

Awarding giant will also not replace a chunk of staff who leave through 'natural employee churn'

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

Local leaders to hold £283m college capacity purse strings

Funding aims to address an expected 67,000 extra 16 and 17-year-olds in education by 2028

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Josh Mellor