PLANS to merge Barnsley College with Doncaster College as part of a national review of further education appear to have collapsed after Doncaster College’s governors rejected the plan.
Barnsley College’s board of governors agreed back in the summer to proceed with the recommendations of a government-commissioned review of post-16 education which aims to move towards ‘fewer, larger, more resilient and efficient providers’.
Under the plans the two colleges would have retained their own identities but the administration behind the scenes would be shared by a single body, overseen by one principal who would also be chief executive.
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