‘Deteriorated’ finances on the mend at large adult education college, FE Commissioner finds
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Governors ‘lack urgency’ on financial issues at struggling land-based college, says FE Commissioner
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AoC: Relax financial intervention rules to protect college reputations
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DfE lost over £12m supporting national colleges last year
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Land-based college handed finance warning as commercial income takes £1m hit
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DfE throws new lifeline to City College Southampton pending final verdict
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Energy, audit and NI costs: colleges face a financial triple whammy
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College 'learned lessons' from £500K embezzlement case
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Northern College steers clear of ‘perfect storm’ and will remain standalone
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Don't fight leaders over pay – fight the government
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  • Jun 21, 2021
Board member quits in protest over sink or swim tech venture at Capital City College Group
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Northern College faces 'perfect storm' over finances
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Need to know: College finances in 2021
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Land-based colleges lose millions in commercial income
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  • Jun 1, 2021
Government must act now to make colleges financially sustainable
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Scottish colleges' £54m financial black hole widens by 74% in two years
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Scottish colleges overspend by £54m
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ESFA boss threatens to put scandal hit college into administration
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Northern College faces ‘perfect storm’ and shock battle to survive
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  • Apr 30, 2021
Colleges will need to do their own funding audits – ESFA rules
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Cash-strapped college announces merger partner
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Gateshead College turns to Scottish accountant to take the helm after rocky period
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College facing ‘uncertain future’ agrees merger partner
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College handed emergency cash as merger hits a second delay
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Diversifying leadership 'will improve college finances'
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3.1k college staff put at risk of redundancy
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Ballot for strike action at Chichester College Group in jobs row
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International students: Why college income is in freefall
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Managing colleges' financial sustainability report published by Public Accounts Committee - AoC responds
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ASCL responds to PAC report on college finances
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PAC college financial sustainability report: The 7 recommendations
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Public Accounts Committee criticises expensive and ineffective college oversight
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DfE reveals why college bailout deals are kept secret
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  • Dec 11, 2020
‘Shock’ decision to sell college slammed by MP
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  • Nov 30, 2020
DfE offer further help to cash-strapped colleges this term
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  • Nov 27, 2020
Colleges predict £2m overspend on student support
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  • Nov 26, 2020
Top official reveals ‘gut wrenching’ £6m spent on accountancy fees to dissolve college
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  • Nov 26, 2020
‘Gut-wrenching’ £6m spent on Hadlow administrators
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64 colleges running out of cash which is ‘more than we thought’ admits official
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Funding: 64 colleges struggling with 'cash days left'
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9:15 a.m. - Public Accounts Committee will hear evidence in its inquiry into managing colleges’ financial sustainability
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Fury as government policy leads to staff sack threat at Covid hit Wiltshire College
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  • Nov 20, 2020
ESFA reveals major cashflow problems at mega-college in Nottingham
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London college agrees merger after being put at ‘significant risk’
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  • Nov 17, 2020
College running on emergency cash to sell campus
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College paid £3.5m dividend following Saudi venture exit
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  • Nov 6, 2020
College resilience remains 'significant risk', says DfE
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  • Nov 5, 2020
Universities and colleges face Covid funding shortfalls
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Universities face funding shortfall caused by Covid and pensions, says IFS
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DfE changes rules on formal intervention for colleges
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  • Oct 26, 2020
Commissioner: Ruskin College faces 'uncertain future'
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  • Oct 23, 2020
Management clear-out planned for college running on emergency cash
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  • Oct 20, 2020
4 in 10 college leaders 'not confident about finances'
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  • Sep 16, 2020
Financial sustainability of colleges in England - AoC responds to NAO report
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The National Audit Office verdict on colleges in 2020
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ASCL responds to NAO report on financial sustainability of colleges
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  • Sep 16, 2020
DfE has spent £700m propping up further education in England
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  • Sep 16, 2020
10 things we learned from today’s NAO report on finance
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  • Sep 16, 2020
Government intervened in nearly half of colleges
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Financial pressures on colleges cut courses and student support, watchdog says
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  • Sep 16, 2020
Apprenticeships: West Midlands colleges fear £22m loss
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  • Aug 18, 2020
Covid-19: Fears over 'rush' to cuts at universities and colleges
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  • Jul 22, 2020
90% of colleges say their bursary funds won't meet students' needs - new AoC survey reveals
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  • Jul 17, 2020
College survey highlights need for immediate government help
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  • Jul 17, 2020
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Why it could be a dark autumn ahead for colleges
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  • Jul 17, 2020
Almost half of colleges to make redundancies in 2020
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  • Jul 17, 2020
Student support: Colleges need an extra £300,000 each
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  • Jul 17, 2020
Labour: Ney review exposes DfE's shameful record in FE
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  • Jul 16, 2020
Report of the independent review of college financial oversight
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  • Jul 15, 2020
Government commits to build stronger relationships with colleges
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  • Jul 15, 2020
Independent review of financial oversight of FE colleges - AoC responds
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  • Jul 15, 2020
Labour: Ney report exposes ministerial unawareness of financial crisis ‘engulfing’ colleges
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  • Jul 15, 2020
Ney Review on college financial oversight published
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  • Jul 15, 2020
Ney Review: The government's response
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Ney Review: 8 things we learned about college finance
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  • Jul 15, 2020
Ney report finds depleted ESFA missing early warning signs of college financial failure
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  • Jul 15, 2020
HS2 college at risk of insolvency seeks partner
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  • Jul 10, 2020
FE Commissioner tells MPs he thinks dozens of colleges could run out of cash next year
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  • Jul 8, 2020
FE commissioner: 30 to 40 colleges 'at risk'
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Unfair dismissal warnings as Bradford College announced plans to axe over 100 staff
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  • Jun 25, 2020
Economic recovery group says Scotland's universities and colleges need protection from financial hit of Covid crisis
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Principals sound warning on high cost of Covid safety measures
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Financial auditors conclude former principal’s expenses failed public money test
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  • Jun 18, 2020
Highbury College given £1.5m emergency bailout to stay afloat
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  • Jun 18, 2020
Toby Perkins: 'Redundancies in FE would be a disaster'
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ESFA: college financial planning handbook and financial plan
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  • Jun 15, 2020
Covid-19: Over 40 colleges supported by FE commissioner
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  • May 29, 2020
Anger over Coventry College "outrageous" U-turn on pledge to protect jobs during pandemic
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  • May 28, 2020
Fury as Blackburn College announces plans to sack staff but boost bosses' pensions
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  • May 22, 2020
Union blasts college redundancy plans during coronavirus crisis as “unnecessary and unfair”
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Colleges shouldn't have to foot the bill for cleaning
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  • May 15, 2020
Scottish colleges lose 3.5% of income owing to Covid-19
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  • May 15, 2020
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Government to take ownership of colleges
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Colleges will lose £150 million this term alone, AoC research reveals
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  • May 6, 2020
Controversial closure plans to go ahead for college campus
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Prime minister says colleges remain government priority
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Three-quarters of colleges 'have furloughed staff'
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  • May 6, 2020
13% of colleges fear their solvency is at risk
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  • May 6, 2020
College loses £91k after ending the wait for a favourable Nigerian exchange rate
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  • Apr 14, 2020
Hadlow break-up hits two month delay due to ‘complexity’
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  • Apr 3, 2020
Treasury will subsidise college wages – but under what circumstances?
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Treasury confirms colleges can furlough staff
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Insolvency: College campuses transferred to EKC Group
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  • Apr 1, 2020
Delayed Ney report into financial oversight of colleges still with ministers
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Cash-strapped college set to sell campus for up to £10m
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  • Mar 27, 2020
Coronavirus: AoC calls for clarity for college sector
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  • Mar 25, 2020
FE Commissioner reveals how £80m rebuild and ‘significant failures’ put college’s future at risk
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  • Mar 18, 2020
Coronavirus: AoC boss calls for emergency funding to keep colleges afloat
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College closures would cost £1m per month, warns AoC
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Why colleges need more support to cope with coronavirus
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ESFA warns college over finances after bank covenant breach
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  • Mar 13, 2020
Struggling Gateshead delays annual accounts as auditors conclude investigation
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Undeclared £20k bonus ‘honest error’, claims college boss
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  • Mar 6, 2020
Lib Dems demand transparency over HS2 college Ofsted report
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  • Feb 25, 2020
HS2 engineering college failed to teach students the basics, claims watchdog
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Academy to train HS2 engineers faces funding risk
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  • Feb 24, 2020
‘Radical change’ needed at ‘inadequate’ HS2 college
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  • Feb 24, 2020
Minister takes the wheel at HS2 college ‘in light of the severity of financial situation’
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  • Feb 24, 2020
College rocked by shock deficit appoints experienced interim principal
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  • Feb 20, 2020
College relying on secret last-ditch merger to survive before cash runs out in October
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  • Feb 19, 2020
West Kent & Ashford College has debts of over £100m to almost 70 organisations
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West Kent and Ashford College creditors owed £108m
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London’s mega-college to be hit with a grade three
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ESFA: college financial planning handbook and financial plan
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Warrington and Vale College 'very weak financially'
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  • Feb 7, 2020
ESFA: college financial planning handbook and financial plan
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  • Jan 31, 2020
NCG deficit hits £11m after axing pair of ‘poor-quality’ training providers
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  • Jan 31, 2020