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Lewisham Southwark College gets two-inadequates-in-a-row first as pace of improvement criticised

Lewisham Southwark College has been given the ignominious honour of becoming the first FE and skills provider to be branded inadequate by Ofsted twice in a row. In a report on an inspection in February, which was released today (pictured above), the college was mauled by the education watchdog over the pace of improvement and a failure to […]

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Hunt pledges new FE bill within ‘first 100 days’ of a Labour government

New legislation around apprenticeships and training will be one of the first bits of work for a Labour government, with a bill expected in the first 100 days of the next parliament if the party wins, Tristram Hunt has said. The shadow education secretary made the comments to journalists following his speech to the Association […]

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Election questions from across the FE and skills sector

The election period officially begins today — and last week saw the leaders of the two largest parties being put on the spot by Jeremy Paxman and a studio audience on Channel 4’s Battle for Number 10. Opinion was divided over who came out on top — but whoever it was, there were plenty of questions […]

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Look out for warning signs of financial trouble, FE Commissioner urges college boards

College governors should be on the look out for warning signs of financial trouble or performance problems, FE Commissioner Dr David Collins has said. Dr Collins (pictured below right) has written to all boards, principals and chief executives with a list of potential early warning signs within an FE institution, and said the signs had been […]

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More colleges must pass the FE Commissioner test before guidance on ending his intervention, says BIS

Principals will have to wait for more struggling colleges to emerge successfully from the FE Commissioner process before the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) publishes guidelines on how intervention ends. A report published today (March 25) by BIS, entitled An Evaluation of the Further Education Commissioner-led intervention process summary report, made a number […]

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NCFE and LifeSkills get Sunday Times Top 100 recognition

An awarding organisation and training company are celebrating after being recognised among the best places to work according to prestigious lists compiled by The Sunday Times. Newcastle-based NCFE was ranked 70th on The Sunday Times top 100 charities to work for, while Basildon-based independent learning provider LifeSkills features at number 94 in the paper’s list […]

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Government cuts could ‘decimate’ adult education by 2020, AoC warns

Continued cuts to the adult skills budget risk wiping out adult education and training in England within five years, the Association of Colleges (AoC) has warned after research showed 190,000 course places could be lost in 2015/16 alone. The AoC has published research based on data from its 336 member colleges which points to a […]

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Inadequate-rated college follows through on FE Commissioner’s merger advice — leaving nearly 100 jobs in the balance

Norton Radstock College’s proposed merger with City of Bath College will be made official next month in a move that could mean nearly 100 job losses. They will become Bath College on April 6 following the advice of FE Commissioner Dr David Collins, who visited Norton Radstock College last summer after Ofsted gave it a grade four […]

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More changes needed to build on success of traineeships

Stewart Segal looks at the traineeship programme in light of a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) one-year review. There has always been a range of programmes designed to help young unemployed or under-employed young people into work. The names of the programmes will be familiar to many — E2E, Programme-Led Apprenticeships, Access to […]

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