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Former BIS chief in governance warning

The former head of skills investment at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Bis) has warned that entrepreneurial education in colleges must be underpinned by good governance. Dr Susan Pember, now education and management adviser to the Association of Colleges, told delegates at the Gazelle Annual Summit on Tuesday (May 13) that moves to […]

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WHERE IS CAREERS ADVICE GOING

Download your free copy of the FE Week 16-page feature supplement on ‘where is careers advice going’  partnership with ABC Awards. Click here to download (6 mb) ———————————————————- Introduction To the generations of us who remember being asked what we wanted to be when we grew up and being told, no matter what it was, that we had to […]

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Governors get three-point college improvement plan

College governors have been given a three-point improvement plan in a joint 157 Group and Ofsted report on good practice in the sector. The report, released today, advises governors to “be clear about what constitutes outstanding teaching, learning and assessment, and look at each component of the definition separately.” It also calls for governors confident about […]

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Taking a lead on teaching, learning and assessment — the role of governors

A half-day workshop with more than 40 FE college governors, principals and clerks has resulted in a new report from the 157 Group and Ofsted. Andy Gannon discusses its key findings and recommendations. Today, we published The Leadership of Teaching, Learning and Assessment by Governors. The report is the latest in a series which we […]

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LeSoCo principal Maxine Room to stand down

The principal of LeSoCo in south east London is to stand down at the end of the academic year, the college’s governors have announced. Maxine Room has been in the role at the 17,000-learner college, which has a current Skills Funding Agency allocation of £26.2m, for five years, and oversaw the merger which joined Lewisham […]

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Success rates change makes system ‘overly complex’

A college principal has hit out at proposed changes to the way the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) reports and calculates provider success rates. Harlow College principal Karen Spencer said the changes, designed to make comparisons between providers easier to understand, would make the system “overly complex”. Success rates, which measure how many students starting a […]

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Edition 102: Colette Burgess and Nigel McQuoid

  A new principal has been appointed at an Oldham College-sponsored academy. Colette Burgess is due to take over from Nigel McQuoid at the Waterhead Academy this autumn. Ms Burgess is currently principal of The Oldham Academy North, and her new appointment was announced by Alun Francis, principal of the Ofsted grade one-rated Oldham College. […]

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Jill Whittaker, managing director, HIT Training

The hospitality industry doesn’t seem like the most likely place to find a qualified chartered accountant who has sailed around the world and partied with Duran Duran, but it’s a sector which has always been close to Jill Whittaker’s heart. The managing director and co-founder of Sussex-based HIT Training first joined HCTP in 1998, but […]

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Top DfE civil servant makes IAG concession

There remains “more to be done” to improve careers advice and guidance in England, the Department for Education’s most senior civil servant has conceded. Chris Wormald (pictured), who is permanent secretary to the department, made comments about the state of careers advice when he faced questions from MPs at a meeting of the Education Select […]

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