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Graham Towse, principal, Hull College

The art of being the boss hasn’t come naturally to Hull College principal Graham Towse. “My first experience of management was a disaster to be honest,” he admits. In 1995, having progressed to engineer at De-Smet Rosedowns Ltd, the company where he began an apprenticeship 10 years earlier at the age of 16, Towse moved […]

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Careers advice on apprenticeships criticised by Ofsted FE and skills boss

Ofsted FE and skills director Lorna Fitzjohn told the House of Commons Education Select Committee that too many schools were failing to advise young people about the benefits of apprenticeships. Ms Fitzjohn this morning gave evidence to MPs in Portcullis House, Westminster, that focused on how the number and quality of apprenticeships for 16 to […]

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Edition 120: Tim Eyton-Jones, Monica Box and Sarah Robinson

Barnfield College has announced that its new principal will be Tim Eyton-Jones. He is currently the principal of John Ruskin College, but is due to leave in March. Mr Eyton-Jones leaves the sixth form college, in South Croydon, having joined in 2009 — the year before it was rated as inadequate by Ofsted. It was […]

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Commissioner on collision course with Ofsted

Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins has called for change at Ofsted if it is to “be more useful” after it rated a Midland college’s leadership as outstanding despite a “critical cash position”. Bournville College was rated as good overall by the education watchdog in May, before Dr Collins was sent in three months later […]

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Outstanding across the board

Two independent learning providers (ILPs), one offering IT and accountancy apprenticeships and the other training the nation’s future tennis stars, have won outstanding praise from Ofsted. Both Aspire, Achieve, Advance (3aaa) and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) were served grade one results in all headline fields. Ofsted said the 780 apprentices at 3aaa, which has […]

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Engage with colleges, Wilshaw tells employers

Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has challenged employers to engage more with colleges in an effort to bridge the skills gap. The education watchdog chief inspector said businesses should consider apprenticeships as the answer to their vacancies problems. Speaking to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)’s East of England education conference in Cambridge on Tuesday […]

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Lambeth College walkout

Staff at Lambeth College have voted in favour of a new walkout over employment contracts — just six months after launching an indefinite strike only to return to work just before the summer holidays. The possible action by members of the University and College Union (UCU) includes another indefinite strike, a one-day strike or a […]

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Traineeship news offers welcome break from ‘wholesale change’

Proposals to change the way traineeship providers are funded were rejected following the government’s eight-week consultation on the issue. Andy Gannon explains what this, plus some of the changes that were sanctioned, means for the sector. Amid ongoing media rumours of yet more pressure on budgets after the next election and a looming Autumn Statement, […]

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‘Don’t abandon expensive subjects to balance books,’ FE Commissioner warns

Colleges have been warned against abandoning expensive subjects like science and engineering as they attempt to balance their books. The warning comes from FE Commissioner Dr David Collins in a report on his first year in office. Dr Collins, who took up post in November last year, warns that colleges already in tough financial situations […]

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