Apprenticeships, Colleges, Long read

Starting the weekend early at Derwentside

If you enter Derwentside College after 2pm on a Friday, you’ll find it empty. The principal, Chris Todd, will...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges

Interview: AoC president finds her voice

Newly re-appointed Association of Colleges president Corrienne Peasgood tells Shane Chowen how she's ready to fight for colleges and...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

College enrolment: Influx of resitters and 16-19s as HE and adults drop

We look at the latest data for 2023/24

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Apprenticeships, Colleges, Subcontracting

FE faces ‘double edged sword’ as Procurement Act hikes risk of litigation

Experts warn of subcontracting trouble

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges

Ex-college principal banned from education

Former Hadlow boss to be fined £250k if he breaches agreement with liquidators, while deputy secures 'confidential' deal

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, strike, UCU

Half of colleges set to strike abandon action

15 colleges still plan to hit the picket line next week

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges, Long read, SEND

National Star College: teaching students how to speak up and fight back

Dan, who has cerebral palsy and communicates with the world through technology that tracks his eye movements, giggles with...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Devolution

Combined authority ponders double college build to tackle FE ‘cold spots’

'Initial conversations' also taken place with FE colleges over their views on the project

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges

Lauener steps down as NCG chair early for ‘personal reasons’

Ex-ESFA chief will stay on as chair of Student Loans Company and CITB

Billy Camden
Billy Camden