Outstanding college gets government warning over academy

An academy backed by grade one-rated Walsall College has been warned by the government about “unacceptably low” standards. Schools...

Government reviews UK Commission for Employment and Skills

A review of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills has been launched by the Department for Business, Innovation...

Learning Curve

Speaking the right language on Esol funding

The funding of courses to help foreign people speak English is currently organised through three ‘entry’ levels. Stephen Hewitt...

McDonald’s education chief to become SFA’s apprenticeship boss

The UK head of education for fast food giant McDonald’s is set to become England’s new apprenticeship boss, FE...

To the defence of colleges over Leps

Ofsted director of FE and skills Matthew Coffey told the Education Select Committee last week how colleges needed to...

York College fined £175k over nursery death of three-year-old Lydia Bishop

York College has been fined £175,000 over the death of a three-year-old girl who got her neck caught in...

Heseltine tells fellow Lords of doubts over EU powers to curb youth unemployment

Tory grandee Lord Heseltine has expressed doubts over the ability of the European Union (EU) to help solve the...

Dame Jackie Fisher returns to FE front line at under fire Barnfield Federation

Under fire Barnfield Federation has announced that Dame Jackie Fisher (pictured) is to become its new interim chief executive....