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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. […]

Movers and Shakers

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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Governors take driving seat with Data Dashboard

Governors will have greater access to performance information on their institutions with Ofsted’s launch of an online dashboard expected to take place on Monday (May 8). The Data Dashboard has been designed to allow governors to assess how the provider is meeting the economic needs of its local area and the priorities set out by […]

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Prison teachers ‘must get the support and resources to help learners’

Prison learning practitioners attended a conference organised by the Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA) last month. Alexandra Marks outlines the FE and skills sector concerns that emerged. Ofsted Inspector Stephen Miller, addressing a conference of 200 delegates including prison education professionals and managers, highlighted many challenges to those teaching in prisons — classes fluctuating as prisoners […]

Opinion

Edition 101: Neil Fowkes

Former Rolls-Royce apprenticeships learning and development manager Neil Fowkes has been appointed director of apprenticeships and engineering at Derby College. Mr Fowkes studied at Mackworth Tertiary College, which is now part of Derby College during his own apprenticeship, and has worked in engineering for the past 27 years, initially at International Combustion and then Rolls-Royce. […]

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Lorna Fitzjohn, director of FE and skills, Ofsted

She is charged with keeping England’s FE colleges and independent learning providers on their toes, but Lorna Fitzjohn hasn’t let go of her rural roots. The new Ofsted director for FE and skills, who replaced Matthew Coffey last month, says she still takes time off in lambing season and enjoys helping out on the working […]

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Workplace bosses get provider rating website

Employers will be able to anonymously rate, review and compare providers using an online tool launched by Ofsted. Employer View allows staff to share their thoughts on providers they have worked with, and find out what other employers think about any provider which trains it’s employees, apprentices and work placement or work experience staff. The […]

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Just seven learners at college used FE ‘TripAdvisor’

Ofsted has defended its TripAdvisor-style website where learners review providers after it emerged that just seven learners at a college inspected in March had logged on to share their views since the start of the academic year. The education watchdog launched Learner View, which allows learners to rate their provider, in September 2012 — and […]

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