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‘Newham College of Further Education’

Eddie Playfair, principal, Newham Sixth Form College

Eddie Playfair carefully opens an A4 envelope and tilts it forward, prompting a few dozen neatly cut press clippings to fall and scatter across his desk. The yellowing pieces of newsprint date back more than two decades to his days as a councillor in Waltham Forest, North London. They’ve kindly been dug out for the […]

Profiles

Council dishes out £2m loan to ‘safeguard’ college

An East London council has given out a £2m loan to “help safeguard” the future of its local college. Newham Council cabinet approved the cash for Newham College of Further Education, which it said had been put in an “extremely difficult position” by government cuts. The college described the council’s support, agreed at a meeting […]

News

Colleges tell MPs of apprenticeship funding reform fears

Further education colleges have added their voices to a growing list of sector organisations warning apprenticeship funding reforms could put employers off the programme and result in falling numbers. In written evidence to the House of Commons Education Select Committee (pictured right), which will hold the first hearing of its inquiry into 16 to 19 […]

News

Free school’s A-levels claims ‘misleading and could be used against less voguish sixth form colleges’

The head teacher of the selective free school London Academy of Excellence, which only accepts learners that achieve at least five As at GCSE, came under fire for comments about A-level performance from a local sixth form college principal. James Kewin takes up the issue. We accept that all providers use performance data in ways […]

Opinion

Baker ‘delighted’ as Gove green light means UTCs hit 50 mark

The number of University Technical Colleges (UTCs) is set to hit 50 after six more of the institutions offering vocational education to 14 to 18-year-olds got the go-ahead from the Department for Education (DfE). The newly-announced UTCs will be located in Bolton, Peterborough, Scunthorpe and Warrington, with two in London. The colleges were the brainchild […]

News

‘Twas the week after Christmas

Former House of Commons Education Select Committee specialist Ben Nicholls is head of policy and communications at London’s Newham College. He writes exclusively for FE Week every month. ‘Twas the week after Christmas and, bursting with glee, Staff and students returned to the Land of FE. For those not in the know, FE-Land is a […]

Opinion

2013: A (Further Education) Policy Odyssey

Former House of Commons Education Select Committee specialist Ben Nicholls is head of policy and communications at London’s Newham College. He writes exclusively for FE Week every month. A year ago, when I was appointed to Newham College, I didn’t know all that much about FE (it’s okay, I said so at my interview — […]

Opinion

Commissioner: right man, wrong job?

Failing colleges should of course be the main concern of the new FE Commissioner, but the benefit of his experience should also be extended to high-performing colleges and Ofsted, says Denise Brown-Sackey. It’s an inevitability of big, complex organisa­tions that sometimes the wrong person ends up doing an important, well-designed job. I doubt I’m the […]

Opinion

The rise of the amateur — a primary tale

Former House of Commons Education Select Committee specialist Ben Nicholls is head of policy and communications at London’s Newham College. He writes exclusively for FE Week every month. The recent resignation of Annaliese Briggs from her Pimlico Primary headship has proven perfect material for dinner party-ranters everywhere. Her appointment, at the age of 27 and with […]

Opinion