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Are we there yet? The Status of DfE's 16 FE College Projects
Over three years after the Department for Education (DfE) announced that it would deliver construction projects for 16 Further Education...
May 31, 2024


School Wars 2025 - A New Hope?
Anakin Skywalker, Princess Leia, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, and Obi-Wan Kenobi are the heroes in this remake of Star Wars:...
Mar 15, 2024


Why UK Governments Don't Invest in Infrastructure and the Built Environment - and How to Fix This
This week, the response from both the education and construction sectors was that the 2024 Budget had done little to help them. Amongst...
Mar 8, 2024


No more going to RAAC and Ruin?
The Department for Education (DfE) announced yesterday (8 February) that it will remove Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC)...
Feb 9, 2024


Transforming Victoria: A Makeover Story at Blackburn College
In April 2021, the Department for Education (DfE) announced it would collaborate with 16 colleges to address their estate issues. These...
Jan 26, 2024


The stories behind the prizes at Education Estates
Last month, we saw the Education Estates (EE) annual conference in Manchester. Over the last ten years, 'EE' has become a date in many...
Nov 3, 2023


Has Gillian done a f***ing good job?
MabelSpace is back from our Summer Holidays! Welcome to our latest Friday MabePost! We know it's Tuesday, but we just couldn't wait to...
Sep 12, 2023


Do the Government's Ideas Add Up?
The DfE Loans Scheme is a Short Term Sticking Plaster Last year's ONS reclassification of FE Colleges as 'public sector' will have many...
Apr 28, 2023


How to innovate (but first, how not to innovate)
Do not log on! A friend of MabelSpace's recounts a story from her early 2000s school days. Her group would wait outside the computer room...
Mar 31, 2023


What Spotify teaches us and the future of concrete
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotified Mind... Technology offers greater potential for a personalised approach to higher education, write...
Mar 24, 2023


Carbon: Accelerating Towards Net-Zero
Background: The Royal Anniversary Trust recently published its “Accelerating towards Net-Zero” report, a roadmap for carbon reduction in...
Feb 16, 2023
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