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Nottingham College mega-merger goes through 10 months late

The creation of one of the largest colleges in the country in Nottingham has finally happened – 10 months after the merger was supposed to complete. The legal coming together of New College Nottingham, rated ‘good’ by Ofsted in January, and Central College Nottingham, which also recently received a grade two from the inspectorate, was […]

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What now for colleges that tried and failed to merge?

When they were launched in July 2015, the area reviews were expected to result in a huge number of college mergers. The former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills made it clear that the aim of this mass rethink of nationwide post-16 education and training was to create “fewer, larger and more resilient” colleges. Early […]

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Movers and Shakers: Edition 209

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving The educationalist Dame Asha Khemka DBE has been made deputy lieutenant of Staffordshire. Ms Khemka, who is principal and chief executive of West Nottinghamshire College, was appointed by Her Majesty’s lord-lieutenant of Staffordshire, Ian Dudson CBE KStJ at a ceremony last week. The title is awarded […]

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Anger over campus closure after £6 million refurb

A college’s controversial decision to close a campus that had only recently been refurbished – at a cost of £6 million – has put it on collision course with its local council. South Staffordshire College made the decision to shut its Cannock campus after merger plans with Walsall College, which were recommended by two separate […]

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Meet Team UK competitors ahead of EuroSkills medal ceremony

Team UK will tonight find out which of their members have claimed ultimate EuroSkills glory as gold, silver and bronze medals are handed out at the closing ceremony in Gothenburg. The group of 22 competitors travelled to Sweden for the skills competition earlier this week and have competed against the best in Europe over the […]

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Area review reports and recommendations finally published

This afternoon the Department for Education began publishing reports and recommendations for area reviews in the first two waves. Links below to all 13 and story to follow: Birmingham and Solihull further education area review report : wave 1 Cheshire and Warrington further education area review report : wave 2 Greater Manchester further education area review report : […]

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Skills Show Results 2016 by competition

Full list of results by competition area for the 2016 WorldSkills UK Skills Show competition finals.    Competition Forename Surname Medal Organisation 3D Digital Game Art Ross Garrard Gold New College Lanarkshire 3D Digital Game Art Avalon Do Silver Westminster Kingsway College 3D Digital Game Art Patrick Buckley Bronze West Cheshire College Aeronautical Engineering: Avionic […]

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Skills Show Results 2016 – organisation league table

Organisation league table for the 2016 WorldSkills UK Skills Show competition finals.  Rank Points Organisation Gold Silver Bronze Highly Commended Organisation Type 1 32 New College Lanarkshire 4 2 4 2 FE College 2 23 City of Glasgow College 2 3 2 2 FE College 3 17 Coleg Sir Gar 3 1 1 0 FE College […]

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Movers & Shakers: Edition 187

Your weekly guide to who’s new, and who’s leaving. Paul Eeles has been appointed as chair of the Federation of Awarding Bodies. Eeles will be the fourth chair at FAB since its inception in 2002, and will take up the role alongside his current position as chief executive of the Skills and Education group, where […]

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