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It’s been a dire week for general FE and specialist colleges, after Ofsted handed two of the former grade three ratings, and two ‘inadequate’ ratings to the latter. Private providers fared better, after nine scored well in their monitoring visits. But there was one bad apple which was hit with a grade four. Peterborough Regional […]
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A college that is dependent on government bailouts to survive has been hit with a fourth consecutive grade three rating from Ofsted. Lambeth College finally merged with London South Bank University in February after a two-year delay and leaders were praised by the inspectorate for working “hard” since then to “change the culture of the […]
The names of the 30 providers to win contracts with the Greater London Authority to deliver its devolved adult education budget from August have finally been released. Of the GLA’s total annual budget of £306 million, around £130 million is being procured over four years. A tender for a slice of the funding got underway […]
Strike action at cash-strapped Lambeth College has been cancelled after union members managed to negotiate a 3 per cent pay rise, additional leave and a reduction in teaching hours. Members of the University and College Union at the college have walked out for a total of 10 days since November in a long-running pay dispute, […]
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has revealed the colleges with millions in government loans and bailouts. According to documents released by the ESFA and analysed by FE Week, a total of 34 colleges across the country received £270 million in Exceptional Financial Support and Restructuring Funding loans and grants by July 2018. This […]
Thirteen more colleges will receive a total of £1.8 million in grants through a fund designed to support struggling colleges, the government announced today. Skills minister Anne Milton has named the second round of colleges set to receive the cash, which is part of the £15 million strategic college improvement fund. The 13 institutions are: […]
Half of the 10 strikes planned at colleges across the country this week have either been suspended or called off. The University and College Union told FE Week that Bridgwater and Taunton has settled its dispute ahead of action that was due to start tomorrow, joining New College Swindon, which on Friday announced it had […]
Strike action has been called off at New College Swindon after it agreed to a staff pay deal which includes a two per cent raise. Members of the University and College Union at the college were one of nine other colleges due to walk out for three days starting next Wednesday, in the third wave […]
UPDATE: The strike at New College Swindon has been called off after the union and the college agreed on a pay increase. Staff at ten colleges in England will go on strike over pay later this month, in the third wave of such action by the University and College Union. The walk-outs will take […]
