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One of the most frequent complaints levelled at Ofsted is that it lacks transparency. For example the system for dealing with complaints against inspection results, it has been claimed, is not open to scrutiny. However Marina Gaze, deputy director for FE and skills at the education watchdog, sees things differently. “I’m really sorry people think […]
Profiles
The principal of a large and well-established FE college writes about life at the top — the worries, the hopes, the people and the issues they have to deal with every day. Congratulations to colleagues up and down the land who received well-deserved recognition in the New Year Honours list. One person in particular that […]
Opinion
Ofsted national director for FE and skills Lorna Fitzjohn today launched the first conference for inspectors from across Europe dedicated to adult learning. The two-day event, called Inspecting Post-compulsory Education and Training — helping to prepare the youth of today for the world of tomorrow, began on January 22. Hosted by Ofsted and the Standing […]
News
Kevin Hamblin outlines the journey his Ofsted grade two-rated college made in order to take over sponsorship of a nearby academy. South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS College) has announced that we will sponsor an under-performing secondary school though our newly-formed SGS Academy Trust. If anyone had asked me four months ago if we would […]
Lewisham Southwark College is set for a new principal and chief executive in Newcastle College’s Carole Kitching this summer. She is due to take over in July, replacing the current interim leadership team of Jo Lomax and Ioan Morgan (both pictured below right). Ms Kitching, who joined Newcastle College as assistant principal in 2011 and was […]
The Sunday Times Festival of Education has confirmed FE Week and FE Week as a 2015 media partner. The annual festival will be taking place on June 18 and 19 at Berkshire-based Wellington College and more than 100 speakers from across the world of education and training and beyond have already been confirmed. After being confirmed […]
UPDATE – Monday, January 19, 2015 A drawn-out strike could be averted and one of the most long running FE employment disputes in recent memory brought to a close as union members consider an offer made by Lambeth College. University and College Union (UCU) members at the London college walked out indefinitely today, but the […]
Gazelle chief executive Fintan Donohue has said that it’s for to colleges to decide if his organisation delivered value for money as he unveiled an impact report containing no assessment of how it had spent £3.5m-plus of public funds. The former North Hertfordshire College principal spoke exclusively to FE Week about the positive Gazelle-commissioned report and […]
A third general FE college is set to take over a school whose academy chain sponsor has been hit with two financial notices to improve (FNTI) by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) since 2013. South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS) has announced it will become the new sponsor of Forest Academy, formerly Heywood Community School, in Cinderford […]
