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Ofsted watch: Poor start to the year for FE colleges

No college inspection report to have been published by the education watchdog since the beginning of the year has...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Wave three of area reviews produces four merger proposals

Just five mergers have been proposed in the latest area reviews to have completed – and with one of...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Misleading marketing of ‘industry-approved’ provider schemes exposed

Providers are at risk of being duped into believing they need to pay thousands to become “industry-approved” before they...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Gazelle Group on its last legs after its director and most members quit

The Gazelle Colleges Group is on life support following a precipitous drop in membership, months of inactivity and the...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Sir David Collins earned £0.5m in three years as FE commissioner

The former FE commissioner Sir David Collins earned just under £500,000 for doing the job part-time, it has been...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Revealed at last: Government sets aside £726m for area review restructuring

The government has set aside almost three quarters of a billion pounds to cover restructuring costs emerging from the...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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‘Incredibly unfair’ funding quirk riles colleges

Colleges have hit out at an “incredibly unfair” flaw in the notorious English and maths condition-of-funding rule – which...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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SFA extends data return deadline as Hub crashes

The Skills Funding Agency has extended its deadline for a key data collection, after the Hub suffered another breakdown....

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Reports of discrimination at SFA double in a year

Levels of reported discrimination in a key FE government agency have doubled in a year, an annual staff survey...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke