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DfE begins local skills improvement plans national rollout - FE Week
WEB3 May 2022, 16:05. The Department for Education has set aside £20.9 million to create local skills improvement plans in 38 areas over the next three years as part of its national rollout of the scheme. First proposed in the FE white paper, the plans aim to make colleges and training providers align the courses they offer to local employers ...
Ofsted to review how it inspects FE and skills, new strategy states
WEB26 Apr 2022, 0:01. Ofsted will review how “complex and diverse” FE providers are inspected as part of its new five-year strategy, the inspectorate has announced today. Inspectors will also visit every college in the next four years to assess how well they are meeting the skills needs of the economy in its renewed effort to raise standards.
Janet Smith, chief executive and principal of Nottingham College
WEBJan 17, 2023 · Janet Smith leads one of the UK’s largest colleges, which after decades of storms is now moving into calmer waters. Jessica Hill meets the new chief executive and principal of Nottingham College. Janet Smith admits she has a “very low boredom threshold”. But rather than being a curse, it has propelled …
Babington to cut over 100 staff in ‘strategic realignment’ - FE Week
WEB12 Jul 2023, 11:58. Around 120 jobs are at risk at one of the country’s largest training providers in a “strategic realignment” affecting its apprenticeships and adult education courses. Babington Business College, an independent training provider, will scrap its adult education budget portfolio, including its digital skills bootcamps and ...
Major review launched to bring colleges back into public sector
WEBMay 31, 2022 · A major review has been launched which could see colleges brought back in to the public sector. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today announced that further education colleges, sixth form college corporations and designated institutions are to be assessed and possibly reclassified.. The ONS is run by Sir Ian Diamond, the UK’s national statistician, who also chaired the ...
South Essex College appoints new principal - FE Week
WEBSouth Essex College of Further and Higher Education has appointed Angela O’Donoghue as its new principal and chief executive. Ms O’Donoghue, currently principal of Sunderland College, is expected to begin her new role in August, ready for the start of the next academic year. South Essex College is the largest college in the eastern region ...
Governors ‘lack urgency’ on financial issues at struggling land …
WEB1 Mar 2022, 15:34. Governors of a land-based college have been criticised by the FE Commissioner for a “lack of urgency” in addressing financial issues which have resurfaced multiple times since 2015. Kingston Maurward College in Dorset has been placed in early intervention three times over the past seven years, most recently in December ...
New ‘method’ to quality assuring higher and degree-level ... - FE …
WEB30 Jun 2022, 0:01. A new “method” for external quality assurance of integrated higher and degree-level apprenticeships has been launched today. Thirty-eight standards, mostly delivered by universities, will be subject to the scrutiny delivered by the Designated Quality Body in England (DQB) on behalf of the Office for Students (OfS).