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Education ringfence meant 16 to 18 providers ‘missed out on £1.2bn’ since 2010

An extra £1.2bn could have been dished out to 16 to 18 providers since 2010 if the government’s education…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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FE colleges set for £61m for higher education next year

General FE and sixth form colleges will receive £61m from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) for…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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More colleges must pass the FE Commissioner test before guidance on ending his intervention, says BIS

Principals will have to wait for more struggling colleges to emerge successfully from the FE Commissioner process before the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Ofqual launches consultation on life after QCF

Ofqual is asking for views on its plans to replace the Qualifications Credit Framework (QCF), which is due to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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ETF English and maths review finds Functional Skills ‘not broken’

The system of Functional Skills qualifications is “not broken, but could be improved,” according to the Education and Training…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Government cuts could ‘decimate’ adult education by 2020, AoC warns

Continued cuts to the adult skills budget risk wiping out adult education and training in England within five years,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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New vocational research centre ‘won’t clash’ with Education and Training Foundation

The government has outlined how its sees the role of a new Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) as different to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Loans plan on hold for review of ‘overall funding for skills provision’

Government plans to extend the reach of the FE loans system have been put on hold pending a review…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Government consultation on future of FE provides opportunity for more funding questions

A wide-ranging government consultation on the future of FE that launched today has prompted sector calls for a rethink…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Inadequate-rated college follows through on FE Commissioner’s merger advice — leaving nearly 100 jobs in the balance

Norton Radstock College’s proposed merger with City of Bath College will be made official next month in a move that…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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London School of Economics to host new Centre for Vocational Education Research

A new £3m project aimed at researching new ideas for FE will be based at the London School of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Skills Show changes revealed

Potential investors got a sneak peak of what’s going to be on offer at this year’s Skills Show at…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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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

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Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

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Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps

Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments

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Apprenticeships

Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse

ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut

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Adult education

Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets

Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen