White paper’s details pose a devilish problem for FE admin Just as Wells’ Martians were undone by what they overlooked, the post-16 white paper could be derailed by the unglamorous realities of enrolment, coding and timetabling
Colleges take £20m slice of OfS capital funding 134 colleges awarded one fifth of £92m pot to ‘address the government’s industrial strategy and priority sectors’
South Devon job cuts turned college finances to ‘small surplus’ The college’s reserves have been ‘depleted’ to pay for capital costs due to low income in recent years
Newbury College considers merger after FE Commissioner intervention Decision to be made on the college’s future this spring
IoTs quit after spotlight shifts to new TECs Ministers recently reversed plans to wind down the institutes altogether, it is understood
Colleges halt construction enrolments as demand hits the roof Waiting lists found in all eight industrial strategy priority sectors, colleges report
Razey returns: DfE announces three new deputy FE commissioners All three will serve under new FE Commissioner Ellen Thinnesen
Inside Karen Redhead’s battle to rebuild West London College ‘Not for the faint-hearted’: How Redhead pulled her college back from the brink
Statutory Prevent duty led to ‘over-reporting’ of referrals in colleges, review finds Independent commission into counterterrorism slams high rate of ‘unnecessary’ Prevent referrals