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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
News

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
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Funding rate cut from April for popular apprenticeship framework

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will reduce funding rates for the level three ‘IT, Software Web and Telecom Professionals’…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Three-day Festival of Skills announced for staff in FE

An exciting new continuing professional development (CPD) event has been announced today by the organisers of The Telegraph Festival…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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MPs to probe apprenticeship quality concerns in new inquiry

Apprenticeship quality concerns will come under the spotlight in a new parliamentary inquiry that will check out the merits…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Lowestoft Sixth Form College hit with EFA financial notice to improve

Lowestoft Sixth Form College (SFC) has been issued with a financial notice to improve from the Education Funding Agency…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Sajid Javid seeks ‘more scrutiny’ of skills policy from influential group of MPs

Business Secretary Sajid Javid has said he would welcome “more scrutiny” on skills, as he suggested that the Business,…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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National skills body boss leaves for consultancy firm

Michael Davis, chief executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), has been appointed managing director of…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Principal predicts college numbers will fall to 200 by 2018

One college principal expects the number of colleges in England to drop by a third over the next two…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Alternative providers needed for thousands of learners after funding pulled from charity’s ‘inadequate’ training wing

The government is looking for alternative “quality providers” for up to 3,500 post-16 learners after it pulled the plug…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

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Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
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Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
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

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Shane Chowen
Young people

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

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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
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Skills reform

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

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

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