Colleges

Exam picket line over cuts at ‘second chances’ sixth form

The sixth form’s new management say cutting A-Levels will improve its ‘inadequate’ achievement rate

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

Principal pay surges past £200k for 71 colleges

Analysis shows highest paid bosses in the college sector

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Josh Mellor
News

King’s Birthday Honours 2025: Ex-ESFA CEO Peter Lauener knighted

More than 20 people with links to FE recognised including an OBE for former principal Verity Hancock

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Josh Mellor
DfE

UK withdraws entries from WorldSkills after DfE grant cut

The Education and Training Foundation and the Careers and Enterprise Company have also been told to economise

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

Burnham boosts cash to solve FE capacity crisis 

Projections suggest thousands of extra places will be needed for 17 and 18-year-olds in the next three years

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Josh Mellor
Adult education

Hasta la Prevista as training provider suffers liquidation

The company was sold to an employee ownership trust four years ago

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Josh Mellor
Bootcamp

Bootcamp job interviews treated as ‘tick-box’ exercise, third year participants say

Evaluation does however show ‘encouraging’ improvements in the programme

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Josh Mellor
Spending Review 2025

IFS: ‘Intense pressure’ to come for further education budgets

The government faces tough choices about how to spread likely funding reductions

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Josh Mellor
skills

Days of DfE adult ed procurement could be over

The department hasn’t ruled out taking an ‘alternative commissioning approach’ to the current contract

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Josh Mellor