Colleges

DfE to axe private providers from pre-service FE teacher training

Reforms announced amid ‘quality and value for money’ concerns

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Party Conferences 2023, Politics

The FE policies passed at the Lib Dems conference

Party outlines plans for apprenticeships, college funding, tutoring and more

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Long read, RAAC, specialist colleges

From rebellious pupil to champion of specialist colleges

Clare Howard, chief executive of Natspec, the body representing specialist colleges, is determined to get their voices heard. But...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, RAAC

Specialist college pleads for help after RAAC evacuation

The college's independent status means it is not entitled to government funding for RAAC removal

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges

‘Pyromaniac’ student set fire to college to avoid exam

Student given a suspended sentence after lawyer said there was no 'intent to harm' anyone

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges, Office for Students

Office for Students slammed for lack of political independence

HE regulator ‘driven by the ebb and flow of short-term political priorities and media headlines’

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges, T Levels

How to buck the low T Level retention trend

We speak to the colleges who were able to retain more than 2 in 3 students

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges

Lawyers advise colleges to sell surplus assets in next 18 months

There are concerns colleges could otherwise miss out on profits

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges, RAAC

RAAC surveys delayed due to lack of specialists

But no colleges have had to delay the start of term because of crumbling RAAC concrete

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein