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Cap on subcontracting management fees being considered, ESFA director reveals

Caps on subcontracting management fees will be introduced if the government deems it “right and proper”. The Education and…

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Billy Camden
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Struggling Epping Forest College racks up another financial notice

An Essex college has received a second financial notice to improve in under six months by the Education and…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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London Mayor plans £3m FE funding cut to pay for over 50 new bureaucrats

The mayor of London plans to top-slice £3 million from the adult education budget to pay for over 50…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Institute for Apprenticeships appoints new board members

The Institute for Apprenticeships has appointed two new members to join its board, six months after one former member, Sir…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Skills minister under pressure on 16-to-19 funding

The skills minister has admitted to being “very aware of the funding pressures” that 16-to-19 providers are under, even…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Strikes off at Sandwell College after improved pay offer

Staff at a college who had been due to go on strike for four days this week have called…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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IfA defends slowdown on apprenticeship standards

The number of new apprenticeship standards approved for delivery declined dramatically in March and April, FE Week analysis has…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Rapid increase in providers forces expansion of ESFA audit team

The Education and Skills Funding Agency is beefing up its audit team amid mounting concerns about new providers entering…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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ESFA misses own deadline to update providers on T-levels

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has missed its own deadline to let providers know if they will be…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Ofsted Watch: So close yet so far for grade three college

A college in Hertford will be kicking itself this week after Ofsted praised it for “much improvement” since its…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Special Interview: Lord Baker defends UTCs as problems pile up

Lord Baker has mounted a robust defence of university technical colleges, despite the growing list of setbacks to befall…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Bitter pay dispute between unions and AoC escalates

An argument over pay between unions and the Association of Colleges has worsened, after the latter refused to enter…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke

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Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

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Billy Camden