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Area review: end of programme report
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Area reviews
Post-16
Sep 11, 2019
Further education area reviews: policy and reports
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Area reviews
Sep 9, 2019
FE area reviews: 1 in 8 recommendations not progressed
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Area reviews
Sep 9, 2019
Banks given £201m to clear college debts during area reviews
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Colleges
Debt
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Sep 9, 2019
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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May 16, 2019
DfE set to reopen academisation option for sixth-form colleges
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May 3, 2019
AoC ‘disappointed’ local sustainability reviews won’t include schools
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Apr 4, 2019
Colleges could face local area reviews by FE commissioner
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FE Commissioner
Apr 1, 2019
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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Colleges
Oct 26, 2018
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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Colleges
Sep 14, 2018
Area reviews have led to more collaboration
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Devolution
Jul 5, 2018
College placed in 'administered status' owing to poor finances
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FE Commissioner
Apr 11, 2018
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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Colleges
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Apr 11, 2018
Individual college campuses could be included in performance reporting
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DfE
Apr 10, 2018
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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Apr 9, 2018
Half of £300m post-area review restructuring funds spent
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Colleges
Apr 9, 2018
Anne Milton: The restructuring facility won’t be used to prop up colleges
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Anne Milton
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Apr 9, 2018
College restructuring support update: £300m for 19 ‘significant’ applications approved
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Apr 9, 2018
Mergers mergers everywhere!
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Feb 8, 2018
Area reviews mishandled early on, DfE research concludes
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Jan 26, 2018
Half of college leaders in first wave unhappy with area review process
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Jan 25, 2018
Who stole the techs?
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Jan 3, 2018
AoC responds to Ofsted’s annual report
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16-19
Dec 13, 2017
Post-16 funding inequality has consequences
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Nov 14, 2017
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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Oct 20, 2017
Stockport and Trafford colleges announce merger plans
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Sep 18, 2017
MP blasts stalled merger as a ‘hostile takeover’
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Sep 15, 2017
Another college merger in doubt following ‘regrettable’ TV comments
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Sep 12, 2017
Policy Tracker - what happened in the world of education in August 2017
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Aug 25, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 11 August 2017
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Aug 11, 2017
How government can widen participation through FE
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Aug 11, 2017
Area review transition grants awarded at 31 May 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
Area reviews: Colleges receive £5.5m in transition grants
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Aug 10, 2017
Area review transition grant details published
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Aug 10, 2017
Area reviews in further education: a summary
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Aug 8, 2017
Final area review reports published
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Aug 3, 2017
Area reviews: 15 reports and recommendations for colleges published
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Aug 3, 2017
With the end of area reviews, now colleges can get on with the real business
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Aug 3, 2017
Further education area reviews: policy and reports
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Aug 3, 2017
Area review waves four and five recommendations published
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FE Week
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Aug 3, 2017
Five steps to (self-assessment) heaven
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Jul 27, 2017
London college merger called off at last minute
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Jul 26, 2017
Ten things we learned from the SFA and EFA annual reports
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Jul 19, 2017
All three Tees Valley area review merger proposals fall through
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Jul 15, 2017
Justine Greening: Speech at the Business and Education Summit
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Jul 6, 2017
ATL comment on Ofsted’s FE and skills inspections and outcomes
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Jun 28, 2017
Area review ignored as central London set for second mega-college merger
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Jun 28, 2017
SEND: Possible impacts of the shifting political scene
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Jun 26, 2017
Merger collapse makes it a dozen area review failures
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FE Week
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Jun 26, 2017
Small sixth forms are no longer viable
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Jun 19, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 16 June 2017
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Jun 16, 2017
Why careers information is an indispensable part of your college's overall mission
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May 26, 2017
Recognising the value of colleges
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May 22, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 19 May 2017
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May 19, 2017
Stick or twist - FE takes a gamble
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May 15, 2017
SEND: updates and highlights from April 2017
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May 8, 2017
A further education manifesto for 2017
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May 8, 2017
Area review transition fund shrouded in secrecy
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May 7, 2017
Anger over campus closure after £6 million refurb
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May 5, 2017
FE area reviews
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Apr 13, 2017
Financial accountability arrangements for colleges planning a merger
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Apr 10, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 31 March 2017
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Mar 31, 2017
In this week's TES Further: The unintended consequences of exam reform
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Mar 17, 2017
Struggling college has ‘agreed to release’ principal
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Mar 17, 2017
London college area review reports published
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Feb 24, 2017
Wave four area review reports and recommendations published
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Feb 24, 2017
Wave four area review London reports and recommendations published
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Feb 24, 2017
Government wants £140k-a-year director to oversee area reviews
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Feb 17, 2017
ATL comment on colleges referring students with mental health issues to A&E
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Feb 7, 2017
Carlisle College to join NCG
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Jan 31, 2017
Free consultancy support for principals, CEOs and leaders
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Jan 30, 2017
Late publication of ‘customer service’ guide for area reviews described as ‘beyond parody’
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SFCA
Jan 10, 2017
Five reports for college area reviews published
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Jan 10, 2017
Wave three area review reports and recommendations published
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Jan 10, 2017
Further education area reviews: guidance for providers
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Jan 10, 2017
Further education area reviews: policy and reports
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Jan 10, 2017
Further education area reviews: standards colleges can expect
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Jan 10, 2017
2017 is the year to correct the historic mistakes in our approach to skills policy
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Dec 22, 2016
Revealed at last: Government sets aside £726m for area review restructuring
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Dec 9, 2016
Funding awarded to Education and Training Foundation
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Dec 9, 2016
Delayed area reviews outcomes bring limited change
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Dec 2, 2016
Ofsted rightly highlights the escalating shortage of teachers and heads
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Dec 1, 2016
Area review reports published
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Dec 1, 2016
AoC's David Hughes discusses the opportunities & challenges for colleges in 2017
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Dec 1, 2016
Multi-academy trusts 'health checks' and post-16 area reviews scope examined
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Nov 30, 2016
Area review reports and recommendations finally published
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Nov 29, 2016
Further education area reviews: policy and reports
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Nov 29, 2016
MAT 'health checks' and post-16 area reviews scope examined
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Nov 25, 2016
FE commissioner: 'Colleges will have to specialise to survive'
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Nov 25, 2016
FE Commissioner Richard Atkins discusses Area Reviews, the lessons learned and challenges for 2017
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Nov 22, 2016
How is the FE workforce reacting to the Area Reviews?
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Nov 21, 2016
Editor Asks: David Hughes in conversation (part 2)
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Nov 19, 2016
Area reviews have lost their true purpose
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Nov 12, 2016
Area Reviews: rebuild for resilience
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Nov 3, 2016
Area reviews 'going remarkably well', insists FE commissioner
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Oct 26, 2016
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