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FE Commissioner ends work at Lancashire Adult Learning and Stratford Upon Avon College

Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins (pictured above) has ended his involvement at two more FE and skills providers. Lancashire Adult Learning (LAL), which was told by Dr Collins earlier this year to scale down its skills offer, has been told by Skills Minister Nick Boles that Dr Collins’ input was no longer needed. Mr […]

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FE Commissioner issues college merger guide as he concedes ‘there’s not enough cash to keep going like this’

Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins has issued a 38-page guide to college mergers as he acknowledged “there is clearly not enough money for the sector to continue as it is”. In an accompanying letter to college chairs, principals and chief executives, he offered his view of the sector landscape as one in which “rationalisation and collaboration […]

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Edition 132: Richard Atkins, David Henley, David Lawrence, Clive Bound & Jan Hodges

Exeter College principal Richard Atkins has announced his retirement from the post at the end of 2015. The current Association of Colleges president joined Exeter College as its leader in 2002, and last year took it to Ofsted grade one — having already achieved the feat, but in a pilot of the current common inspection […]

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Equine job joy for visually impaired learner Maria

A Bicton College student determined to secure an equestrian career despite slowly losing her sight, has taken her first step towards making her dream a reality by securing a role in industry. Maria Dowswell was 13 when she was diagnosed with retinal dystrophy, a condition that slowly takes away vision. Despite this, the 21-year-old is […]

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College team beats nine- minute tractor rebuild challenge

Students at Wiltshire College performed a quickfire display at the Royal Bath & West Showground as they warmed up for their tractor rebuilding races at next month’s World Tractor Show. The first year learners, studying a level three diploma in land-based technology, took part in the two-day Somerset Vintage & Classic Tractor Show and managed […]

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Zoo license granted to college

Bicton College has been granted a zoo licence allowing it to show its collection of exotic animals to the public. The Devon-based college opened an animal husbandry school in March 2014 for animal care, husbandry and conservation courses, which was paid for with a £2,880,000 grant from the Skills Funding Agency. It contains a number […]

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‘Don’t abandon expensive subjects to balance books,’ FE Commissioner warns

Colleges have been warned against abandoning expensive subjects like science and engineering as they attempt to balance their books. The warning comes from FE Commissioner Dr David Collins in a report on his first year in office. Dr Collins, who took up post in November last year, warns that colleges already in tough financial situations […]

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Confederation ends after a year

The Gateshead and Middlesbrough College Confederation has been terminated after just 12 months. The two colleges came together in September last year to pool resources and ideas, but are now preparing to split after governors decided the partnership did not “offer additional value to learners”. The move casts doubt over the future of confederation chief […]

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College follows commissioner’s first merger advice

The first of three colleges that FE Commissioner Dr David Collins suggested would struggle to maintain their long-term independence has agreed to a merger. Dr Collins concluded that Devon-based Bicton College, which was visited by the commissioner in March, needed to merge or form a federation with another institution following Skills Funding Agency concern about […]

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