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University Technical Colleges (UTCs) should function as part of multi-academy trusts (MATs) to make them “stronger”, the skills minister has said. Nick Boles (pictured above) told the House of Commons this afternoon he wanted to replicate success stories where the 14 to 19 technical institutions functioned well as part of academy chains, and not as […]
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South Staffordshire College and South Thames College have joined the 157 Group, the body has revealed. The announcement was made by 157 Group today on Twitter. It tweeted: “We are delighted to announce two new colleges @southstaffs and @SouthThamesColl, bringing the 157 Group to 30 fantastic members.” Graham Morley, chief executive principal of South Staffordshire […]
The Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy has launched an inquiry that will look at the merits of government apprenticeship reforms. Neil Carmichael and Iain Wright explain what it will be focusing on and why they keen to collect views from people across the sector. As a nation, we need to do more to […]
Opinion
A troubled London college has been in talks with a view to “closer working” with a college group based almost 300 miles away. Lewisham Southwark College (LSC), which was recently found to have been making reasonable improvement following two consecutive inadequate Ofsted ratings, approached Newcastle College Group (NCG) last autumn, according to representatives from the […]
Sir Michael Wilshaw is of course entitled to his own opinions. But when called to give evidence to the education select committee, shouldn’t what he says be based on evidence? His assertion that 16 to 19-year-olds should be taught in schools, not colleges, undermined so much good work being done in our sector. And there […]
> Ofsted chief tells MPs colleges are in ‘mess’ and 16-19 should stay at school > Personal opinion sparks ‘anger’ as AoC letter demands evidence for claims The government is distancing itself from inflammatory remarks made by Sir Michael Wilshaw (pictured above), after the Ofsted head told MPs he believed 16 to 19-year-olds should be […]
Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has said all 16 to 19-year-olds should be educated in schools, during a parliamentary session in which he attacked the FE sector again. He was speaking in front if MPs at an oral evidence session of the Education Committee, chaired by Neil Carmichael, this morning. “My view is that 16 […]
A further education college has plummeted from the highest to lowest overall grade after its first Ofsted inspection in more than seven years. Mid-Cheshire College (MCC) has been slammed by the education watchdog, which branded its provision ‘inadequate’ overall, with six out of seven headline fields also rated as ‘inadequate’. Inspectors last visited the college in […]
City College Plymouth (CCP) has become the second college to join the 157 Group since it exclusively revealed its expansion plans to FE Week in January, bringing membership of the group to 28. The group’s chief executive, Ian Pretty (pictured above), said he was “pleased to welcome” CCP, which was rated ‘good’ by Ofsted at […]
