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Police force stung by Ofsted

A police force has been censured by Ofsted for the “poor” quality of its apprenticeship delivery and for not taking prior learning into account, following an early monitoring visit. The Chief Constable of Northumbria (referred to as Northumbria Police in the report) began training its own apprentices in May last year and had 30 apprentices […]

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Leading college starts redundancy process after finding a shock £6m deficit

A high-profile college that uncovered a shock £6 million deficit when the finance director went on sick leave has put 26 jobs at risk and says it is considering an application for emergency funding. Gateshead College has remained tight-lipped on how the shortfall came about. However, it has confirmed a new interim finance director was […]

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FE lecturers have lowest levels of wellbeing among educators, new analysis suggests

Lecturers in FE have the lowest levels of positive wellbeing and “stand out” as having high levels of anxiety among educators, a study has found. The Education Policy Institute (EPI) today published an analysis of national data examining the latest trends on teacher wellbeing in England following “a growing list of headlines” which indicated their […]

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Angela Rayner to run for Labour deputy leadership

The shadow education secretary Angela Rayner will run to be Labour’s deputy leader, she will announce today. The Ashton-under-Lyne MP had been touted as a potential candidate to succeed the party’s leader Jeremy Corbyn, who announced his plans to stand down following Labour’s losses in last month’s election. But the Mirror newspaper reports today that […]

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Break-up of first college in administration begins

Hadlow College has begun transferring campuses to other providers after it became the first to enter education administration last year. The Mottingham campus, which has 186 learners and 23 staff, was taken over by Capel Manor on 1 January. Hadlow’s interim principal Graham Morley called it an “important step” towards resolving the financial issues facing […]

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Highest-paid college principal retires with immediate effect

The highest-paid principal in the country, who led a college which is under investigation after it found an unexplained deficit of around £6 million, has retired with immediate effect. Judith Doyle stepped down from her role at Gateshead College on December 31. FE Week understands Doyle had previously informed the board of her intention to […]

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Ofsted watch: Premier League and national laboratory providers score well over festive period

A provider to the Premier League has scored well while a national laboratory training firm has done even better over a quiet festive break for Ofsted reports. The only two other reports published during that period for FE were less impressive: FBP Ventures made ‘insufficient progress’ in one area; while HOB Salons failed to improve […]

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Over £1bn already wasted on ‘fake apprenticeships’, claims former adviser to skills ministers

Around £1.2 billion has been “wasted” on “fake apprenticeships” that have taken up half of all starts since the apprenticeship levy was introduced in May 2017, according to new research.  The study by think tank EDSK goes on to recommend that apprenticeships should be for level 3 only, while standards at level 2 and degree-equivalent […]

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12 months of FE Week: November

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Here’s what happened in November… This month we revealed adult learners were being forced to pay back loans for courses which they had not started or were even aware they had signed up to. One such learner, […]

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