FEA
‘Southend Adult Community College’
Two colleges have seen their grades go up to ‘good’ this week – but three previously uninspected providers haven’t fared so well, including one rated ‘inadequate’. KT Associates, an independent training provider, received the lowest possible grade across the board in a report published on December 1 and based on an inspection in October. Safeguarding […]
News
Politicians need to stop vying for control of FE and instead focus on accountability, writes Ali Hadawi Last week Jeremy Corbyn uttered words that made some college principals’ hearts sink. While he was generally very supportive of the sector in his speech to the Association of Colleges’ national conference, he also harked back to pre-incorporation […]
Opinion
There is widespread support for renaming the government’s traineeships scheme, according to a new FE Week survey, which found that over half of respondents wanted it to called a ‘pre-apprenticeship’ or ‘access to apprenticeship’ scheme. A total of 70 per cent of FE stakeholders we surveyed said traineeships should be renamed, with 29 per cent […]
