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Brenda McLeish, chief executive, Learning Curve Group

From PA to chief executive, Brenda McLeish has risen through the ranks to run one of the country’s largest and most successful training companies, grabbing numerous awards and accolades in the process. Trading conditions in the training sector are tougher than ever, but that won’t stop the ‘purple people’ from going for growth, she tells […]

Profiles, Long read

Colleges spill the beans on Ofsted’s first local skills needs inspections

College leaders explain how Ofsted’s skills inspections work

News, Colleges, Ofsted

Ofsted pulls provider’s ‘inadequate’ report in unprecedented move

Re-inspection ordered six weeks after publication

News, Ofsted

First bootcamps-only inspection results in glowing report

High praise for course that takes learners with no prior coding experience to ‘becoming work ready within 20 weeks

News, Adult education

DfE exceeds 16k skills bootcamps starts target in 2021-22

But data on completions and gender won’t be released until next year

News

Confirmed: College for vulnerable adults judged ‘inadequate’ over safety concerns

Ofsted says leaders are ‘unable to identify and protect learners who may be at risk or need help’

News, Ofsted

Tuition in FE: Success depends on a better evidence base

The national tutoring programme has sparked thriving conversation and research about tuition, writes Alice Eardley, but FE is largely absent from both

Opinion

Focus feature: Are college-led academy trusts the answer to the big education divide?

From classroom-to-career; the record of colleges sponsoring multi-academy trusts is a mixed one. Jessica Hill investigates if there is a secret to their success, and why some have fallen by the wayside. While some see colleges and schools as uncomfortable bed partners, others claim there are profound benefits to be reaped for students when a […]

Feature, News, Colleges, Long read

Labour should bring colleges under local control, Gordon Brown suggests

Former PM proposes radical shake-up of government in new report for the party

News, Colleges, Politics