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Furious colleges and training providers slam 16-18 growth funding shortfall

Angry providers have slammed the government’s failure to fully fund all their apprenticeship growth requests as “appalling” and “destabilising”….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Grant facility for small firms ‘fully committed’

Providers have been left waiting, as the Skills Funding Agency admits to having “fully committed” the budget for the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Provider’s cashback query met with ‘grave concerns’ by SFA

One of the largest providers of apprenticeships has asked the Skills Funding Agency for permission to give cashback to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Apprenticeship funding cut a ‘complete shock’

The Skills Funding Agency’s decision to slash funding rates for a popular level three apprenticeship framework has been labelled…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Row over make-up of new policing body

The Government has come in for criticism after rejecting attempts to ensure representatives from FE providers and trade unions…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Lead providers step in after subcontractor ‘collapses’

Four lead providers based in the north east have said they are taking steps to ensure more than 160…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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DfE unveils guidance for sixth form college academy applications

The government has spelled out what sixth form colleges (SFCs) need to do to convert to academies, in a…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Frustration over ‘misleading’ Libor answer

The Shadow Skills Minister has been left frustrated with a “misleading” answer to a parliamentary question he lodged over…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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You must adapt to survive, SFA boss tells FE leaders

The chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has warned providers that failing to adapt to changes in…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Principal blamed as college sent into administered status

The FE Commissioner has singled-out former principal Jacqui Mace (pictured) for failings at a London college that has been…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Treasury sets aside £560m for college restructures

> Plans leaked to FE Week reveal ‘facility’ at Treasury until April 2019 > AoC welcomes ‘necessary’ support for…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Hackney Community College and Tower Hamlets College set to merge in August

Hackney Community College and Tower Hamlets College have announced plans to merge from August this year. A spokesperson for…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel