News

Report points at skills system’s six ‘key problems’

Six “key problems” in the skills sector have been identified in a new Labour report called Talent Matters —...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Coventry principal to leave after Ofsted inadequate

The principal of City College Coventry, labelled inadequate by Ofsted, is to leave as soon an interim replacement can be...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Traineeships launched, but only for some

The 11-month wait for a government outline of traineeships is over — but “disappointment” has been expressed about who...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

New chief executive at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers

The incoming chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has told how apprenticeships will be at...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Guild to meet at Windsor Castle for ‘complex thinking time’

Twenty-nine “key people” from FE have been invited to eat, drink, sleep and “think” in secret at Windsor Castle...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Provider’s ‘appalling’ pass rate

Just 6,375 out of 13,420 adult retail apprentices succeeded England’s biggest apprenticeship provider has come under fire from the...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Harlow tops the tables, again

Harlow College has celebrated the highest general FE college qualification success rate in England for the second year running....

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Minister okays college merger

The troubled merger of two colleges in the Midlands has been given the nod of approval by Skills Minister...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

New audit reviews cause ‘major concern’

A new audit system from the Skills Funding Agency has caused “major concern” within the FE sector. Accountability reviews...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford