Colleges

FE Commissioner: ‘I never intended to force college mergers – but bigger groups have thrived’

Shelagh Legrave also reflects on ‘sobering’ reminders of bad governance in her final annual report

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

UK to rejoin Erasmus in 2027

UK will contribute around £570m to the EU student exchange scheme from 2027-28

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Criminal probe into ‘unlawful’ sale of City College Peterborough campus

3 arrests made as over £1m in illegal financial transactions are linked to £1 sale of college site

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Exams

Ofqual fines Pearson £2m for GCSE resit and other exam rule breaches

Exam board apologises after breaches affected tens of thousands of students

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Colleges

‘I’ll have a look’ at college VAT issue, says PM

Starmer pledges to talk to the Treasury after DfE's latest exemption request rejection

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges

Local leaders to hold £283m college capacity purse strings

Funding aims to address an expected 67,000 extra 16 and 17-year-olds in education by 2028

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Bids open for 19 more technical excellence colleges

Wave 2 sees expansion to sixth form colleges and ‘rare’ opportunity to hold multiple TEC status

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

AoC quids in after £9m cash windfall

New accounts also reveal the membership body's CEO has joined the £200k club

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Sloan in at the deep end: Liam Sloan, Bolton College CEO

Walking into a financial scandal wasn’t the perfect homecoming for Liam Sloan when he returned from years of leadership...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill