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Who told Sir Michael Wilshaw that Leps have all the answers?

Ofsted Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw’s second annual report on FE and skills pointed the sector in the direction of greater heeding of local enterprise partnerships. But to what extent is this deference warranted, asks Mick Fletcher. The Chief Inspector’s annual report on FE and skills follows a now predictable format. It contains some useful […]

Opinion

Asha Khemka, principal, West Nottinghamshire College

Asha Khemka was always certain that one day she would be “somebody”, but she says there was never a plan. However, determination and success appear to be in the Khemka family genes. At the tender age of 33, her grandfather became the youngest judge to ever be appointed in the Indian state of Bihar, before […]

Profiles

Commissioner strips second principal of powers

The FE Commissioner has slapped a second grade four college with administered status as an Ofsted monitoring report blasted its action plan for lack of results. The senior management team at Stockport College, which fell from grade one at the end of September, has been stripped of control over staffing and finance following a review […]

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Agency rule change allows grade three providers to keep taking on trainees

Providers that drop to a grade three Ofsted rating will be allowed to keep taking on new trainees under new government guidelines. Providers that fell below a good (grade two) rating previously had to stop taking on new trainees, but they could let existing learners finish their programmes. Now providers that were outstanding (grade one) […]

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FE Week most read news in 2013

FE Week is a printed newspaper and every edition (along with supplements) is sent to subscribers. If you do not already subscribe (tut tut) you can still benefit from £25 off an annual subscription in 2014. Find out more here (be quick!): http://feweek.co.uk/subscription/ Much of the newspaper content also goes online and in 2013 this […]

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First FE Commissioner job results in administered status for K College after Ofsted inadequate grade

Troubled K College has been put into administered status after becoming the first college to come under scrutiny from the FE Commissioner following the damning Ofsted report, published this morning. Skills Minister Matthew Hancock sent in commissioner David Collins and his team of advisers to review the college before the education watchdog’s report, which resulted in […]

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Optimism in Ofsted report comes with warning of providers not meeting local economy needs

Local employer needs are not being met by the FE and skills sector, according to this year’s Ofsted annual report. Despite higher expectations of students and improved teaching and learning providing “grounds for optimism” about the sector, it was delivering “too much provision that is not responsive to local employment needs”. “This provision is therefore […]

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Ofsted annual report Q&A with Matthew Coffey

The Ofsted director of FE and skills spoke with FE Week deputy editor at the launch of the education watchdog’s 2012/13 annual report. Chris Henwood: The report mentions an initial evaluation of 16 to 19 programmes. Will that come as part of inspections, or will you be doing something separate? Matthew Coffey: I am always […]

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Eleven months after an Ofsted blow

It’s the nightmare situation that keeps principals up at night and after an Ofsted visit in February, it happened to Lynn Merilion as Ofsted said City of Bristol College was inadequate. She explains what’s been happening at the college since then. When we received our disappointing Ofsted grade back in February we knew we had […]

Opinion