Author: Nick Linford

The boss of Elmfield Training has quit after Ofsted inspectors gave the firm an inadequate rating having come across “unacceptably low” results. Ged Syddall resigned after ten years as chief executive, and founder, of the Cheshire-based independent training provider taking “full responsibility” for the results. He said: “Despite many positive findings the business has received […]

Junior Shadow Education Minister Tristram Hunt has called on the government to boost 16 to 18-year-old apprenticeship hopefuls after government figures published for the first time revealed that in the first nine months of 2012/13 there were 788,640  applications and just 86,700 starts (11%). The figures are based on usage of the National Apprenticeship Service […]

The new Education and Training Foundation laid out key priorities in its first board meeting on Monday. The organisation, formerly known as the FE Guild, also agreed to begin the search for key figures including an independent chair, permanent chief executive, and independent chair of the audit committee. David Hughes, who chaired the foundation’s steering […]

A review of college governance by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has called for yearly diversity assessments. The Review of Further Education and Sixth Form College Governance recommends that assessments of governing board composition, size and diversity feature in colleges’ annual reports. It calls for such assessments to also look at the development of governing […]