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Category Archives: Croydon College
It’s an F grade for Keegan over nation’s apprenticeship failings
ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, explains how apprenticeships can be a valuable means of recruitment for some employers while offering some pay to trainees, but that the Education Minister’s dabbling with ‘apprentice teachers’ looks like another ‘fail’ by this Government This … Continue reading
Colleges given ‘must do better’ report from Commissioner
The governors and staff at Croydon College have been handed a demanding set of 12 recommendations by a Government-appointed intervention team, following the institution’s “Inadequate” Ofsted report earlier this year. The inspectors from the Further Education Commissioner spent a couple … Continue reading
Farewell Jamie Reid, artist and anarchist, forgotten by Croydon
Jamie Reid, the anarchist artist and graphic designer who devised the designs and artwork that defined the punk era’s iconoclasm, has died. He was 76. Reid’s ransom note-style collage work for the Sex Pistols was “a central pillar of the … Continue reading
It’s hard to find signs of the borough’s musical heritage trail
So just what do we get for the £220,000 of Lottery cash splurged on Croydon’s Music Heritage Trail? We sent LOUISA GAUTREY along to road-test the trail and its accompanying app As a teenager who listens to a wide range … Continue reading
Croydon School of Art presents Time Travels, Jun 15-28
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Inadequate funding that is sending colleges towards failure
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Lack of adequate funding from central government has not been confined to local authorities, as GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, reports Anyone who wanted a warning of the “Inadequate” rating applied to Croydon College last week by Ofsted … Continue reading
‘We feel strongly that it does not fairly reflect the evidence’
Ofsted’s inspection of Croydon College and Coulsdon Sixth Form College, conducted in February, resulted in an ‘Inadequate’ rating for the further education institutions Here, in full, is the statement issued this morning on behalf of Caireen Mitchell, the principal and … Continue reading
#CroydonInCrisis: College given ‘Inadequate’ Ofsted rating
One of the country’s largest further education institutions has been warned ‘about the risks associated with radicalisation and extremism’ by inspectors who report ‘homophobic taunts’ and young women feeling ‘uncomfortable’ in the college’s common areas Croydon College, in its first … Continue reading
Developers face £20m bill to under-pin East Croydon towers
After four very tall towers have recently been erected opposite East Croydon Station, residents are questioning whether three more will be too many, reports BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent The developers of the latest 775-flat residential scheme proposed for Croydon town … Continue reading
Developer consults on 775-flat proposal next to Fairfield Halls
Proposals for another 775 flats, including a 38-storey tower, on a two-acre site next to the Fairfield Halls are being laid out for public consultation tomorrow. The scheme is being brought forward by asset managers Delta Properties, who acquired the … Continue reading
Week of events for apprentices to get their Skills for Life
Residents and employers with questions about apprenticeships can get all the information they need at upcoming events during National Apprenticeship Week, which runs from February 6 to 12. The opportunities and benefits of apprenticeships for individuals, businesses and communities, and … Continue reading
The Queen in Croydon: Opening the College, 1960
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The evening our art reviewer made an exhibition of himself
Croydon Art Space, in Addiscombe, last night presented an award for an outstanding piece of work by a student at Croydon School of Art. In front of his MP, dignitaries and the artists, KEN TOWL delivered a piece of performance … Continue reading
College’s new BTEC partnership aimed at esports fanatics
Global esports brand Fnatic has launched a college partner programme – with Croydon College being one of the first in the country to take up the opportunity. The course is going live in September, where Fnatic will be providing real-world … Continue reading
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London Authority funds Croydon College’s digital skills hub
The Greater London Authority is to fund Croydon College to create the Croydon Digital Skills Hub, working together with John Ruskin College in Selsdon, working with 17 Croydon businesses and providing free courses to ensure residents have the digital skills … Continue reading
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Striking Coulsdon College staff set for action into September
Striking staff at Coulsdon Sixth Form College have stepped up their industrial action, as teachers have taken to the picket lines on Placehouse Lane for a second week. Union members are in dispute over pay disparity between Coulsdon and the … Continue reading
Striking teachers at Coulsdon College demand fair pay
About 50 staff at Coulsdon Sixth Form College have joined a picket line this morning, in a dispute between the National Education Union and college management over a refusal by the administration to honour nationally agreed pay awards. Coulsdon Sixth … Continue reading
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Striking college lecturers claim victory over new pay offer
The University and College Union – UCU – is this week claiming victory after strike action at further education institutions across south London, including Croydon College, won a significant pay rise for lecturers and other staff. UCU members at Croydon … Continue reading
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College lecturers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action
Lecturers at Croydon College are to strike after rejecting a below-inflation 1 per cent pay offer. Croydon is one of 15 further education colleges and groups of colleges run by the Association of Colleges. The lecturers have voted for up … Continue reading
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College staff set for strike action after ‘derisory’ 1% pay offer
By SANJANA IDNANI When students return to Croydon College next month, many hopeful for an uninterrupted academic year after 18 months of lockdown disruption, they could walk straight into strike action by their lecturers and other staff. An overwhelming majority … Continue reading
Electric House gets makeover for Britain’s 95th-best university
‘It’s a bit like saying Fulham are one of London’s top football teams.’ Our Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the latest example of the council over-hyping its performance Unable to deliver the £1.4billion shiny new Westfield shopping mall that … Continue reading
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Revealed: Council’s plan for town centre is 95th-best university
GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, on the increasingly desperate-looking moves to salvage anything from the town centre regeneration Croydon Council’s “cunning plan” to dig the town centre out of the hole created for it by the Whitgift Foundation and Westfield is … Continue reading
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Coulsdon teachers go on strike over £700m funding shortfall
Teaching union members working at Coulsdon Sixth Form College will be on strike on Wednesday, demanding more funding for their students and their college. Across the country, the National Education Union will be taking strike action at another 33 sixth … Continue reading
