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

The AI governor is in the boardroom

AI offers clarity, speed and strategic insight, but only if boards are brave enough to evolve. The augmented governor...

Jessica Hill
Perry Perrott
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, Long read

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
Colleges

When you look, suicide dangers are everywhere in our colleges

Given the numbers of students who take their own lives, we must seek answers to the crisis unfolding across...

Jessica Hill
David Murray
Colleges

How a £25m crisis and intervention forced us to rebuild – and made Brooklands stronger

Six years under FE Commissioner intervention pushed our college to the brink. But the debt, disruption and scrutiny forged...

Jessica Hill
Christine Ricketts
Colleges

Government has ‘no plans’ for FE pay review body

A single approach to pay would not meet the 'diverse' needs of the sector, ministers say

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor