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15 May 2026

Author: Nick Linford

Feature: Tireless fundraising with sportathon

Tireless learners at Totton College put their sleeping patterns out of sync for a 24 hour sporting spectacular to raise money for injured and disabled people who have worked in public service, writes Billy Camden. ublic Services students at Totton College have raised more than £2,000 following a 24 hour charity sports marathon in aid […]

Editor Asks: Will the EFA and SFA ever merge and what is this fas2t thing?

A new Funding Agencies Shared Service Team (FAS2T) covering finance, IT and data will be launched from April. It is the latest development with SFA and EFA boss Peter Lauener’s drive to identify areas where they can work together more efficiently. He spoke with me at length about why the Department for Education is in […]

Don’t be Bole’d over

It is totally unfair and short sighted of the Department for Education to force sixth form colleges in the first round of area reviews to prepare and apply for academy status in just over four weeks, when others in future rounds are likely to get at least a year. This is all a consequence of […]

College managers ripping staff off, UCU head tells rally

The University and College Union (UCU) general secretary, Sally Hunt (pictured), has accused college managers of “ripping their staff off” and failing to challenge the government on its treatment of the sector. Ms Hunt spoke out at a rally in London this week, on a day of joint strike action between members of the UCU […]

Training provider goes under

A national training provider has ceased trading four months after being hit with an ‘inadequate’ rating from Ofsted, with the loss of 35 jobs. Education and Youth Services (EYS), which had a head office in Stevenage as well as 16 training centres around the country, went into administration on February 4 after having its contracts […]

Second inadequate rating for Greenwich College

Greenwich Community College has been hit with its second consecutive inadequate Ofsted rating, following an inspection carried out two weeks after it federated with another London provider. The grade four-overall report, published by Ofsted on Tuesday, was highly critical of maths and English provision and wider teaching at Greenwich and said that “the proportion of […]

Crossrail apprentices get royal treatment as Queen pays visit

The Queen was presented with a plaque by Crossrail apprentices this week to commemorate the new railway being named the Elizabeth line. The monarch was given a tour of the still under-construction Bond Street station site by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson before meeting with apprentices working on Europe’s largest construction project, due to […]

Merger approved by Boles before college ‘runs out of cash’

A cash-strapped Cumbria sixth form college has been given the green light by Skills Minister Nick Boles to merge with its nearby FE college in July. Barrow Sixth Form College (pictured) was issued with a financial notice to improve last month, as reported in FE Week, having been graded as inadequate for financial health in September. […]

Rebrand for British WorldSkills organisers

The organisation that oversees the selection process for the British WorldSkills team is dropping its old name. It is currently called Find a Future, but will be known as WorldSkills UK from Tuesday (March 1). The rebrand will coincide with the launch of registrations for the new cycle of competitions across the country on the […]