Colleges

Luminate boss to retire

National leader of FE Colin Booth to step down from Luminate Education Group after 40 years in education

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

It’s not only Leeds and Manchester desperate for demographic boom help, say leaders

The number of 16 to 18-year-olds is projected to rise by 20 per cent between 2017 and 2028

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Creating ESOL courses isn’t ‘voluntary work’, says tribunal

Tribunal notes 'significant failure of HR' for lack of communication with hourly paid staff

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Ofsted: Schools and colleges must improve ‘poor’ careers advice

Most college students can't remember what careers guidance they had in school

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Colleges are well placed to help break the cycles of crime

We’re exploring what FE colleges can do to help prison leavers rehabilitate and build meaningful careers

Jessica Hill
Nina Champion
Colleges

Revealed: £302m college condition allocations

DfE also dishes out additional £20m to Leeds and Greater Manchester to help manage student population surge

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

The 50-hour work experience policy: Ambition versus reality

How the government’s vision of 50 hours of work experience for every school and college student might be realised

Jessica Hill
Mark de Backer
Colleges, Skills reform

‘New ways of doing FE’ inquiry: Experts give evidence to MPs

‘I actually don't think we know how well the resit policy is benefiting young people,’ committee hears

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

FE is top sector for sending deprived students on Turing trips

FE providers have sent over 22,000 underprivileged students on international placements in four years

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel