Strategic College Improvement Fund

Gill Alton, chief executive, TEC Partnership

After 35 years in the sector, Gill Alton, CEO of TEC Partnership, retired last Friday. She talks to Jess Staufenberg about leadership – and keeping it snappy One night, when she was working in the hotel sector, Gill Alton and her staff heard a commotion from an upstairs bedroom. A group of Welsh rugby fans, […]

Revealed: The 17 colleges to share £2.5m in final strategic improvement funding round

The names of final colleges set to share grants through a government fund designed to support struggling colleges have been announced. Skills minister Anne Milton today revealed that 17 colleges will share £2.5million in the third and last round of the strategic college improvement fund that was introduced in October 2017. The winners are: SCIF […]

Bids reopen for £13m strategic college improvement fund

Colleges can bid for the remaining £13 million from the strategic college improvement fund using newly released guidance. The first round of the fund was launched last year, when 14 struggling colleges shared £2 million. Today’s announcement invites struggling colleges, supported by a stronger institution, to ask for money to help them improve in specific […]

Pilot applications open for new Strategic College Improvement Fund

A fund designed to help failing colleges improve the quality of education and training has opened its pilot scheme for applications. Struggling general FE or sixth form colleges, supported by a stronger partner, will be able to apply for cash through the Strategic College Improvement Fund, to develop an improvement programme and a tailored package […]