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29 April 2026

Author: Simon Kay

DfE ‘carefully monitoring’ college investigation into allegations of nepotism and ‘financial wrongdoing’

The government is “carefully monitoring” an independent investigation into allegations regarding the management of Hull College Group. FE Week has spoken to numerous current and former employees and understands that a whistleblower has contacted the FE Commissioner alleging nepotism and inappropriate use of funds by college bosses. Education minister Lord Agnew told this newspaper that […]

Stella brings shame on the college sector we all love

On Friday Highbury College, to avoid being in contempt of court and having to pay a fine, finally emailed FE Week the corporate card expenses for their principal, Stella Mbubaegbu. Chief reporter, Billy Camden, analysed over 500 scanned receipts from the last four years and found £150,000 of shocking spending. The college then defended it […]

DfE confirms popular BTECs amongst qualifications facing funding axe

More than 160 “duplicate qualifications” at level 3 and below will have their funding removed from August 2020 – including 76 BTECs, the education secretary confirmed today. The government will also stop any new qualification at those levels from getting approval for funding from 2020. It is part of a crack down on “poor quality […]

T-levels: The colleges selected to run courses in 2021

The names of the 64 colleges chosen to deliver T-levels in the second wave of their roll out have been announced. They’ll deliver the new post-16 technical education qualifications from 2021, in four routes: digital, construction, education and childcare, and health and science. An initial 50 providers will deliver the first T-levels from 2020. Unveiling […]

Revealed: The 17 colleges to share £2.5m in final strategic improvement funding round

The names of final colleges set to share grants through a government fund designed to support struggling colleges have been announced. Skills minister Anne Milton today revealed that 17 colleges will share £2.5million in the third and last round of the strategic college improvement fund that was introduced in October 2017. The winners are: SCIF […]