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Short-changing individuals and the public purse

Ofsted recently published a thematic report on how FE is preparing young people with high needs for adult life. It highlighted a worrying lack of progress with supporting them on to the right training courses, says Kathryn Rudd. The question mark at the start of the title for the Ofsted thematic report — where it […]

Opinion

Reversing financial downward spiral

Carole Kitching reflects on her management team’s drive to improve its finances. Lewisham Southwark College reported an operating deficit of £6.7m at the end of 2014/15, as identified [by FE Week in edition 168] from the published college accounts. This figure has long been in the public domain as it was the key driver in […]

Opinion

Improving inspections post-levy

John Hyde looks ahead to how apprenticeships will be inspected after the levy is launched. Introducing the Digital Apprenticeship Service (DAS) to levy-paying employers from 2017 and subsequently to every apprentice employer from 2019 onward, will substantially increase the number of training providers. The new DAS requires employers to select a training provider on-line directly […]

Opinion

Hundreds of AAC delegates hear latest on government’s apprenticeship reforms

FE Week’s second Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) saw more than 900 delegates fill Birmingham’s International Convention Centre for three days from March 16 to 18 to hear the latest on the government’s apprenticeship reforms. With speakers including sector leaders, key civil servants, government advisers, awarding bodies and apprentices themselves, the conference covered just about every […]

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Bristol college’s accounts question future as a ‘going concern’

A college’s own accounts have questioned its “ability to continue as a going concern” after it was set to receive more than £11m in exceptional financial support (EFS) from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). Audited 2014/15 accounts for City of Bristol College (CBC) showed that it had received a total of £6,449,000 in EFS up […]

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Sir Vince Cable ‘fears’ apprenticeship levy is simply a Treasury ‘revenue raising measure’

The apprenticeship levy is a “revenue raising measure” for the Treasury, former business secretary Sir Vince Cable has said. During his speech at FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference yesterday, Sir Vince also said the levy was a “good concept” but the detail was “incredibly hazy”. “I get the impression they [the Treasury] think they can squeeze resources […]

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Data dashboard to shut down after just two years

Ofsted’s FE and skills data dashboard is to close just two years after it was launched. The announcement was made by the inspectorate on its website on March 15. Yet the dashboard, which was designed to help governors and members of the public keep a check on the performance of providers, was only launched in […]

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Movers and Shakers: Edition 168

Struggling Totton College has announced Derek Headrige as its new campus principal. Mr Headrige is currently group academy dean at BMW and will start in his new role on April 18. He takes over at a time of turmoil at the college which is consulting on a restructuring plan that it is thought could lead […]

Movers and Shakers

Ofsted chief defends personal view of FE – ‘it’s not a bias’

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has defended his controversial views about education for 16 to 19-year-olds, but denied that he is biased against the FE sector. He made the remarks following his speech on Thursday, the second day of FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference at the Birmingham International Convention Centre. “It’s not a bias, […]

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