Colleges, FE Commissioner

Embattled adult education college under ESFA supervision

DfE to attend Northern College board meetings as uncertainty remains over the college's future

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Training Providers

Dozens of providers allowed to skirt cap on subcontracting

Names of 53 providers given special permission to subcontract over 25% limit revealed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Levelling Up

FE projects win over £75m in levelling up cash

Projects include a new AI campus in Blackpool and a health and social care training school in Somerset

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges

Four days of strikes confirmed at The Sheffield College after ‘insulting’ pay offer

The UCU says more than 200 members at the college could walk out

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Ofsted
Billy Camden
Colleges

College confirms cyber attack brought down IT systems

England’s largest adult education college City Lit had cancelled online lessons before Christmas due to serious 'IT disruption'

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Funding, Skills reform

16-19 base rate to rise by just 2.2% from August 2023

Colleges to receive an extra £100 per head in next academic year

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges

Struggling college faces apprenticeships ban

Ofsted set to judge apprenticeship provision 'inadequate' in overall grade 3 report

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Ban on borrowing puts college capital projects ‘at risk’

New public sector rules ‘totally unclear’, say leaders

Billy Camden
Billy Camden