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The 2015 FE Week and Policy Consortium survey was published on the brink of a general election. Six months on and the new government has introduced a flood of reforms affecting the FE and skills sector. But far from showing improvement, this follow-up survey, in which the Policy Consortium revisited 32 of the initial survey […]
News
The number of colleges in Gazelle has more than halved in the space of just over a year to 10 — with three out of the five founder colleges having also walked away, it was revealed today. The dwindling numbers were laid bare with the conclusion of the group’s long-running membership review, in which its annual membership fees […]
Burton & South Derbyshire College (B&SDC) is set to leave the Association of Colleges (AoC), FE Week can reveal. A spokesperson for the college, which received a grade two Ofsted rating in December 2011 and was allocated £6m by the Skills Funding Agency as of July, said it would not be renewing membership this academic […]
Two Midland colleges that are already in a federation have sped up plans to merge on the advice of FE Commissioner Dr David Collins after he saw how their recurring deficits were hitting finances. Dr Collins visited North Warwickshire & Hinckley College in May and South Leicestershire College the following month over concerns about the […]
When the Department for Business Innovation and Skills published its annual funding letter in February, it outlined concerns with the rise of sub-contracting. Nick Linford takes a look, in the context of the college area reviews, at whether more can be done to lift the lid on this murky world. Let’s start by looking at […]
Opinion
Bradford College has welcomed David Harwood as its new principal. He was previously the senior deputy principal of Leeds City College. He said he was “keen to focus my energies on what really makes a difference” in his new role. “My belief is that students come first where we have a collective approach in providing a teaching environment […]
Movers and Shakers
The number of young people employed as apprentices in England is “a disaster” and Ofsted inspectors will be ensuring schools are promoting “all the options” to learners, chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has told MPs. Sir Michael appeared in front of the new education select committee on Wednesday (September 16), where he faced questions about […]
Sector leaders have complained about “patchy” government support for providers joining the battle against the radicalisation of learners, after a survey indicated that 45 per cent of FE staff were not trained for the task. From September 21, FE institutions will be subject to the prevent duty, which requires them to put policies in place […]
FE Commissioner Dr David Collins is appointing a new intake of FE deputy commissioners (FEDCs) and advisers with his workload set to burgeon with a series of upcoming area reviews. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is looking to recruit an unspecified number of FEDCs, who could earn up to £700 a-day, and […]
