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16 April 2026

First college to win Careers and Enterprise Company award

Westminster Kingsway College has become the first ever college to win a gong at the Careers and Enterprise Company’s annual awards. The London-based college was announced as the 2019 winner for ‘Most Progress from a School or College’ out of a shortlist of three finalists in a ceremony at The Royal Society of Chemistry in […]

Ofsted watch: Popular Italian restaurant chain served delectable report

A popular Italian restaurant chain has been served a complimentary report by Ofsted during a week of mostly positive reports in the FE sector. Criticism was reserved for an NHS trust in London for its apprenticeship delivery and a private training provider which runs train driver and conductor apprenticeships. The Azzurri Group, a market leader […]

Colleges blame poor publicity and bad design for low traineeships take-up

Less than a third of colleges are currently offering traineeships to 16 to 18-year-olds, FE Week analysis of new government data shows. A list of providers, put together for the first time to help young people and employers find out who offers the preemployment programme, was recently published by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. […]