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The government is reviewing whether a large college group approved to start delivering T-levels from 2021 should be kicked off the programme after receiving a grade three from Ofsted. United Colleges Group, which is lined up to offer the digital and construction courses, was told it ‘requires improvement’ in a report released this week. The […]
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The new chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has given her backing to scarce levy funding being spent on controversial management qualifications. Jennifer Coupland also stood up for the employers that the quango represents, warning the Treasury and Department for Education that the £2 billion budget “is not government money, it […]
The government will write to all colleges and universities with residential learners aged 16 to 18 after officials found “data inaccuracies” which have prevented Ofsted from conducting inspections. It follows an FE Week investigation that revealed how a tower block with Grenfell-style cladding that houses students at Highbury College and failed a fire safety test […]
A college has questioned the “rationale” of Ofsted inspecting them within days of the new academic year starting. However, others believe there are advantages to it – so, should the watchdog be visiting providers in September? Fraser Whieldon investigates The Sheffield College (pictured) received an inspection between September 24 and 27, with inspectors reporting learners […]
One in ten 15 to 18-year-olds are being encouraged to take up an apprenticeship by their schoolteachers, a new YouGov survey has revealed. The research was commissioned by training provider JTL ahead of National Apprenticeship Week, which starts on Monday, February 3. It found that 73 per cent of students reported that the most likely […]
Jess Staufenberg meets an education researcher with a unique and singular focus on teaching in further education Professor Kevin Orr of the University of Huddersfield has spent his whole career teaching or researching into teaching in the further education sector. Listening to his soft Belfast lilt as he eloquently explains both roles, it strikes me […]
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A row erupted between a university technical college and a sixth form college yesterday over “inaccurate” achievement rate claims. Scarborough UTC, in North Yorkshire, posted a tweet which included a graph entitled “Engineering and Computer Science Average Results” showing the UTC had outperformed Scarborough Sixth Form College in the latest Department for Education 16 to […]
A college has begun moving classes and residents out of their tower block as they prepare for a multi-million pound renovation to replace Grenfell-style cladding that failed a fire safety test. Work to remove non-compliant panelling at Highbury College is planned to get underway in the spring and is anticipated to take up to 12 […]
A former deputy FE commissioner has been drafted into a college that is currently investigating an unexpected £6 million deficit after its chair resigned. John Hogg today replaced John McCabe, who was appointed as chair of Gateshead College just six months ago. The high-profile college, which uncovered the shock shortfall after its finance director went […]
