Gazelle Group

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The Gazelle Group (also known as Gazelle Colleges or Gazelle Colleges Group) was an association of United Kingdom further education colleges which claimed to promote entrepreneurship. It has been widely criticised for its accounting practices.{{cite news|url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6307130|title=Business guru praises local scheme with global reach|last=Lee|first=Joseph|date=7 December 2012|work=TES Magazine|accessdate=26 April 2014}} To date, no one has been held accountable for the failures of the organisation.{{Cite news | work=FE Week|url=http://feweek.co.uk/2017/01/06/gazelle-group-on-its-last-legs-after-its-director-and-most-members-quit/|title = Gazelle Group on its last legs after its director and most members quit|date = 6 January 2017 |access-date=14 March 2024}} It was founded in 2011{{cite web|url=http://www.highbury.ac.uk/client/content.asp?Contentid=904|title=Gazelle: Top Ten FAQs|publisher=Highbury College Portsmouth|accessdate=26 April 2014}} or January 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazellecolleges.com/about-us |title=About us |publisher=Gazelle Colleges |accessdate=26 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427010538/http://www.gazellecolleges.com/about-us |archivedate=27 April 2014 }}

A report in FE Week in January 2017 reported that only six colleges remained in the group and that its executive director had left, and described the group as "on its last legs". {{As of|2024}}, Companies House records that the Gazelle Colleges Group was a company registered in 2016 and which was "dissolved via voluntary strike-off " in 2021.{{cite web |title=Gazelle Colleges Group: Filing history |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10026611/filing-history |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |publisher=Companies House |access-date=14 March 2024 |language=en}}