Colleges

ESOL results crash at under-fire Sheffield College

Achievement rates for level 1 regulated provision tanked by over 50 percentage points in a year

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Northampton colleges plan to merge next year

The proposed group would have a combined income of more than £70 million

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Long read, Young people

How one FE college is turning the tide on NEETs

Jessica Hill visits a former branch of Debenhams, where Blackburn College has created the Launchpad hub to re-engage the...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
FE workforce

Teachers need work experience too if new pathways are to succeed

Regular, structured opportunities for teachers to refresh and develop their subject knowledge is vital

Jessica Hill
Jo Swindells
The Staffroom - opinion

It pays to be playful when launching new technology

Digital CPD too often overwhelms staff with instructions and tools they barely understand. So let them try to break...

Jessica Hill
Richard Harris
Colleges

WCG exits intervention

The college has agreed loans and campus sales to rebalance the books

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Young people

Population-spiked colleges scrabble for cash ahead of real-terms funding cut

Real-terms base rate cut of 0.5% could force principals to reevaluate provision and staff pay

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Free meals funding frozen in FE while schools rate rises

College leaders bite back at ‘insulting’ DfE decision

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Young people

Our learners can’t wait years to see the fruit of their labour

Our reward systems are built for adults, not teenagers, and it’s sometimes unrealistic to expect them to understand attendance...

Jessica Hill
Daniel Waterhouse