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Funding axe for provider following FE Week investigation

A training provider whose parent company hit FE Week’s front page after it went bust, leaving learners unable to complete…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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‘Incredibly unfair’ funding quirk riles colleges

Colleges have hit out at an “incredibly unfair” flaw in the notorious English and maths condition-of-funding rule – which…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Daventry UTC announces it is to close next year

Low student numbers will lead to closure at yet another University Technical College. The trustees of UTC for New Technologies at…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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SFA criticised for ‘total farce’ over key provider submission failures

Management by the Skills Finding Agency of a key provider submission of learner data has been labelled a “total…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Exclusive: Ofsted wants key degree apprenticeship inspection role

Talks have begun between Ofsted and the government over extending the inspectorate’s remit to cover degree apprenticeships. Paul Joyce,…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Reports of discrimination at SFA double in a year

Levels of reported discrimination in a key FE government agency have doubled in a year, an annual staff survey…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke


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SFA extends data return deadline as Hub crashes

The Skills Funding Agency has extended its deadline for a key data collection, after the Hub suffered another breakdown….

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Casey Review demands urgent review into savage ESOL cuts

The country urgently needs a national review into the provisions it makes for non-native English speakers, according to a…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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EFA funding falls by over 20% for three colleges

Three colleges have seen the funding they receive for 16- to 19-year-old learners drop by more than 20 per…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Team UK’s golden success at EuroSkills closing ceremony

Team UK is bringing home two golds, one silver, two bronze and eight medallions of excellence from EuroSkills 2016…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Meet Team UK competitors ahead of EuroSkills medal ceremony

Team UK will tonight find out which of their members have claimed ultimate EuroSkills glory as gold, silver and…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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SFA steps up campaign against topslicing management fees

The crackdown on providers who fail to disclose how much they topslice from subcontracting contracts has stepped up a…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel