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Ofsted Watch: Five providers improve to grade ‘good’

It was mostly a week of celebration for FE providers, as five rose to ‘good’ Ofsted ratings. Two of them achieved the feat in their first ever inspection. However, one private provider fell to the ‘inadequate’, and another was brutally criticised in Ofsted’s first early-monitoring visit report on a newcomer to apprenticeships, prompting ministerial intervention. […]

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Institute for Apprenticeships announces full membership of new route panels

The Institute for Apprenticeships has announced the full membership lists for its 15 industry route panels, who will play a key role in deciding the readiness of apprenticeship standards in development. The 80 new members revealed today, who come from a range of industrial and private-sector backgrounds, will join the 15 expert chairs of the panels […]

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FE practitioner research movement gathers pace

As one college principal puts out a call for greater support for practitioner research, moves are afoot to create a “meta network” of FE research organisations to facilitate collaborations on the ground. So what can principals do to support more research – and why does it matter? FE Week takes a look. Around 30 bodies […]

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Movers and Shakers: Edition 200

Your weekly guide to who’s new, and who’s leaving. Michelle Swithenbank has been appointed deputy chief executive of Hull College Group. Based in Yorkshire, the college has an enrolment of around 28,000 students, making it one of the largest colleges of its kind. She will take up the role from her previous position as interim […]

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The multi-million-pound ‘cowboy’ trade in subcontracting

> ‘No win no fee’ brokers raking in up to five per  cent commission fees on seven figure contracts > Government says the SFA will look at ways to ‘limit the use of brokers’ after seeing investigation The government is reviewing the use of subcontracting brokers after an FE Week investigation found huge sums of public […]

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Colleges in second wave of area reviews revealed

Thirty four general FE colleges and 15 sixth form colleges (SFCs) will be involved in the second wave of post-16 education and training area reviews, it was announced today. Six reviews have been detailed in the Midlands, London and the North West among other areas, and are set to begin next month. And just like the seven […]

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Christine Doubleday, deputy executive director, 157 Group

The importance of education as a means to getting on in life was instilled into Christine Doubleday by her parents who both left school when they were 13. She grew up on a huge council estate in Wakefield, Yorkshire, in a catholic, working class family with her brothers Martin, now aged 60, Paul, 56, and […]

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New regional roles at Ofsted

The identities of six new Ofsted regional directors have been announced following a shake-up aimed at driving up provider standards. Each regional director will report directly to Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw and will be responsible for quality of inspection in their region along with the improvement of standards in childcare, schools, and learning and […]

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