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Come on Eileen – make sure this cannot happen again

It has been nearly a year now since, in November 2018, FE Week first reported that Brooklands College had paid a mysterious Andrew Merritt and his company SCL Security Ltd close to £20m as an apprenticeship subcontractor. There is no evidence that SCL Security Ltd advertised their courses and the college was even unable (or […]

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Over 500 finalists prepare for action at WorldSkills UK LIVE

Five hundred and thirty finalists will be battling it out to see who will be crowned their skill’s national champion at WorldSkills UK LIVE this year, it has been announced. Many of the champions in the past have gone on to compete in Team UK internationally, either at EuroSkills or WorldSkills, which was held most […]

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Meet the FE Commissioner’s new cost-cutting boss

Controversial minister Lord Agnew has been given responsibility for a new college financial warning system, as well as oversight of FE Commissioner’s office. The unpaid minister for the school system has from today taken on the FE “provider market, including quality and improvement” and this afternoon the Department for Education confirmed this includes a new […]

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Adult education slumps to lowest since major survey began more than 20 years ago

The government has been told to “wakeup” after research by the Learning and Work Institute found adult participation in education has fallen to a record low. The news comes after adult education was snubbed in the Chancellor’s Spending Review, which handed £400 million to students aged 16 to 19 – but nothing to older learners. […]

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Ofsted watch: Ex-pro footballer’s provider scores highly in positive week for providers

A provider co-founded by former Crystal Palace football striker Dougie Freedman has been rated ‘outstanding’ in some areas, in a week where nearly all providers scored well with Ofsted. Freedman’s Focus Fitness UK received a grade two overall in its first report from the watchdog, which rated the independent provider ‘outstanding’ for personal development and […]

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Nearly 300 jobs lost as college group officially downsizes

One of England’s largest college groups is officially closing down its two private training providers – meaning nearly 300 jobs will be lost by the end of October. NCG has this morning confirmed that, following a consultation, Rathbone Training and Intraining are in the process of winding down their delivery operations. Around 4,500 learners were […]

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Ofsted criticised for using ‘small’ apprentice sample in damaging monitoring report

A provider has hit out at Ofsted after the inspectorate sampled just a fraction of its apprentices to decide it was making ‘insufficient progress’ in an early monitoring report. AAA Training and Recruitment is expected to be suspended from recruiting new apprentices by the government after it was given the rating in two of the […]

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Highbury College loses FOI battle to keep the principal’s expenses a secret

The UK’s data watchdog has sided with FE Week in our long-running freedom of information battle with Highbury College to obtain expense claims made on the principal’s corporate card. A request for this information spanning the past five academic years was put in 10 months ago, but the college refused to comply and cited section […]

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A ‘snowflake’ with ‘vacuous’ thoughts: former sector leader hits back at policy adviser to Hinds

A former sector leader has hit back at an ex-special adviser to education secretary Damian Hinds after the latter said colleges are “too complex to run”. David Harbourne, a former chief executive of The Edge Foundation and ex-senior official at the old Skills Funding Agency, accused Jon Yates of being a “snowflake who can’t stand […]

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