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Free recording: In conversation with skills minister Gillian Keegan

FE Week was joined by apprenticeships minister Gillian Keegan this afternoon for our latest webinar on the response to the coronavirus pandemic for the FE and skills sector. Editor Nick Linford quizzed her on the Department for Education’s guidance on the wider reopening of colleges and training providers. Roger Coates, the DfE’s deputy director for […]

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How the FE sector is adapting to the coronavirus crisis

Colleges and training providers have adapted in positive and innovative ways to continue learning and support the local community during the Covid-19 crisis. Here, FE Week shares some examples, including hospital donations, virtual horticulture, cooking and mental health classes, as well as zumba!   Care apprentices praised as they step up to new responsibilities Care […]

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Ofsted watch: Major energy company among swathe of ‘good’ results

A major energy firm was among six training providers to be rated ‘good’ by Ofsted in a positive week for the sector. SSE Services PLC, the national utility company which providers energy to nine million households, kept its ‘good’ rating following a short inspection. The employer provider has just over 150 apprentices who “benefit from […]

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Ofsted watch: Healthcare providers criticised in ‘outstanding’ week for colleges

Two healthcare providers have been told to get in shape while one college was found to be ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted this week. Divad Training will likely be struck off from new apprenticeship starts after inspectors found it had made ‘insufficient progress’ in two areas. It trains 425 learners in mostly health and social care and […]

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Ofsted watch: Unimpressive week for new private providers

Five early monitoring reports for independent providers returned ‘insufficient’ ratings this week, with Ofsted finding some have not recruited with “integrity” and another had learners unaware they’re on an apprenticeship. It was also bad news for a local authority which was downgraded to ‘inadequate’. There was, however, promising results for colleges. The grade four came […]

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Revealed: 11 T-level colleges sharing £9m to upgrade facilities

The first batch of colleges that will receive cash from the government’s T-levels capital fund have been revealed. Eleven of them will share £8.65 million to help build new classrooms and refurbish buildings in readiness for the introduction of the new technical qualifications in September 2020. Further cash from the fund, which totals £38 million, […]

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DfE name first 37 colleges to pilot T-level transition year

The colleges to take part in the first round of the phased implementation of the T-levels “transitional” course have been named. The programme, recommended by Lord Sainsbury in his technical education report in July 2016, will be for 16-year-olds to take if they are not ready to start a T-level at level three, but can […]

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The move towards professionalising governance

More and more colleges are appointing directors of governance and are even paying their governors, as they look to professionalise these roles in the shadow of mergers and the insolvency regime. FE Week has taken closer look at how and why this practice has come about. The importance of governors has never been higher, with […]

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Banks’ power diminished with insolvency threats – but a short-term gain for long-term pain?

Despite the lack of media attention, the government’s introduction of the college insolvency regime now being tested on Hadlow College is, as I’ve previously described, a watershed moment. What some well-placed people have since told me is that they agree the government can’t guarantee colleges survive with never-ending bailouts, but they fear the unknowns. Once […]

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