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I have sometimes felt I am just a money generator for college

A “bums on seats” mentality in FE can result in more focus on spreadsheets than on human relationships, writes Jason Boucher Although I have been a teacher of sorts for 19 years, I have only been in FE since 2016. What a journey it has been.    A military man beforehand, I bring a particular perspective […]

Opinion, The Staffroom - opinion

Focus feature: College improvement

How do you improve a college with a demoralised staff, a financial notice, a bad Ofsted and a haemorrhaging learner roll? Jess Staufenberg speaks to those with the huge task of college turnaround Everyone can name the scandals in further education. Leaders who perhaps once gained recognition, but later had to step down as their […]

Feature, News, Colleges, Long read

Welcome to the white land of FE, Nadhim Zahawi

When the Cabinet is more ethnically diverse than FE leadership, the sector should be ashamed, writes Andy Forbes Well, what a positive move from Boris Johnson! A big welcome to Nadhim Zahawi, England’s first education minister of BAME background, someone who fled Iraq as a Kurdish refugee and started school in a local comprehensive in […]

Opinion

Prison education: Too many reviews, too little action

Let prisoners have a say in changes to prison education too, writes Jon Collins Prison education has suffered more during the pandemic than education in the community. Prison lockdowns and a lack of access to digital technology have led to an almost complete hiatus that is only now beginning to ease.  The new year-long review […]

Opinion

Reformers demand action in face of yet another prison education review

Sector bodies hope a new Ofsted review will answer whether promised reforms will ‘ever get turned into reality’

News

Ofsted raps business school over management apprenticeships

A high-profile business school that made millions of pounds by quickly recruiting more than 800 management apprentices has been criticised by Ofsted. The Ashridge (Bonar Law Memorial) Trust, an arm of Hult International Business School, faces a government ban from taking on new apprentices after inspectors found it had made “insufficient progress” during a new […]

News, Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Fast growing apprenticeship firm goes bust after ESFA stops payments

It owes nearly £4 million to creditors.

News, Apprenticeships

‘Better late than never’: 16-18 traineeships tender to launch ‘later this month’

The news comes two days after Treasury revealed they had missed their target to triple the number of starts by more than half

News

‘Excellent’ college principal retires due to ill health

A long-standing college principal has retired with immediate effect due to a terminal illness. John Callaghan, who has led Solihull College & University Centre for the past seven years, stepped down yesterday. He has worked in the further education and skills sector for over 33 years, holding roles at four different colleges as well as […]

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