News 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 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Exclusive ‘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 9y Jude Burke 9y News 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 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News 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 9y Alix Robertson 9y News 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 9y Paul Offord 9y News 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 9y Jude Burke 9y News 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 9y Jude Burke 9y News 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 9y Paul Offord 9y News 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 9y Jude Burke 9y 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 9y Billy Camden 9y News 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 9y Billy Camden 9y News 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 9y Paul Offord 9y Newer 1 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 832 Older Must read 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 5d Anviksha Patel 5d News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
