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Ofsted watch: Healthcare providers criticised in ‘outstanding’ week for colleges

Two healthcare providers have been told to get in shape while one college was found to be ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted this week. Divad Training will likely be struck off from new apprenticeship starts after inspectors found it had made ‘insufficient progress’ in two areas. It trains 425 learners in mostly health and social care and […]

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The future of colleges: Can edtech deliver its utopia?

Technology has transformed further education. But at what cost, asks JL Dutaut. The history of edtech is after all a story of failures Paul Feldman, chief executive of Jisc, further education’s main technology body, wrote last month of the sector’s role in addressing the demands of a changing world of work and the importance of […]

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Profile: Ali Hadawi

Ali Hadawi left FE for business. But as the principal of Central Bedfordshire College tells Jess Staufenberg, something just didn’t feel right Ali Hadawi tried to leave teaching once. It didn’t go well. He was in his third job in FE after starting off as a lecturer at Sheffield Polytechnic (as it was then) during […]

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Ofsted: Campus grades on the cards for 2020

A move to campus-level Ofsted grades for college groups is back on the cards and they could be introduced as soon as next September, FE Week can reveal. The education watchdog will shortly meet with college leaders to discuss the move and a consultation will be run early in the new year. If support for […]

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Small business fury over Hadlow administration

“The b***ards” was the reaction of one of many small businesses owed thousands of pounds by the first college to go into education administration. Albion Fencing and Construction is one of 300 creditors awaiting a total of £40 million by Hadlow College, according to administrators BDO’s statement of proposals. “It could not come at a […]

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First ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating for FE college under new framework

The first college to receive a grade one rating under Ofsted’s new inspection framework is Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group. Inspectors graded the college ‘outstanding’ across the board, in a glowing report published this morning. Principal Karen Dobson (pictured) said while the inspection was “intense”, getting the top grade was “absolutely brilliant” and a testament […]

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Ofsted reveals National College surviving on bailouts has just 24 classroom students

A National College due to dissolve in the new year has just 24 classroom students – its first-ever Ofsted report has revealed. National College for the Creative and Cultural Industries (NCCI) had previously told FE Week it was confident it could attract 450 learners this year, before last year having to take a £600,000 bailout […]

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High-profile college leader to retire

The well-known leader of a high-profile college has announced his intention to retire after more than 11 years at the helm. Lowell Williams (pictured), one of the government’s national leaders of further education, will step down from his role as chief executive of Dudley College of Technology in January to “follow new opportunities”. He will […]

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ESFA bans 8 more providers from recruiting apprentices

Another eight apprenticeship providers have been stopped from doing new business after being rapped by Ofsted. The penalties were revealed in the latest update to the register of apprenticeship training providers, released today by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. In accordance with ESFA rules, any new provider found to be making ‘insufficient progress’ in […]

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