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Fears remain as quals list published

Further concerns that valuable qualifications could fall victim to a government cull have been raised after a leading awarding…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Agency freezes rates as drop in 18 funding hits

The Education Funding Agency has announced it is freezing rates for 2014/15, prompting criticism that the sector is facing…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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GCSEs need ‘flexibility and functionality

Ofsted’s careers guidance boss has called for “flexibility and functionality” in English and maths GCSEs. Karen Adriaanse, the education…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Agency ‘sprints’ to new software finishing line

The Skills Funding Agency has announced an “agile project management approach” to developing software following the implementation of this…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Government extends apprenticeship grant for employers

A scheme which provides employers with grants of up to £1,500 for each apprentice they train has been extended…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Funding agency rates untouched but expected drop hits 18-year-olds

The Education Funding Agency is to continue paying providers an unweighted full-time rate of £4,ooo for 16 and 17-year-olds while…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Learners could compare colleges and schools under Ofsted proposals

Ofsted has today launched a consultation on much-anticipated proposals that would allow learners to compare the post-16 performance of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Provider budgets set for 15 pc cut, but apprenticeships protected

Further education providers face a 15 per cent cut in their adult skills budget allocations, the Skills Funding Agency…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Adult quals cull risks ‘throwing baby out with the bathwater’

The government risks “throwing the baby out with the bathwater” with cuts to qualifications it sees as worthless, FE…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Tributes to former Midland principal of 20 years Graham Moore

Further education leaders have paid tribute to ex-college principal of 20 years and former 157 Group chair Graham Moore…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Colleges win budget protection from 18 funding rate cut

Colleges facing a funding rate cut for their full-time 18-year-old learners will be protected from the controversial move inflicting…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Quality mark ‘still on the agenda’

The government has reaffirmed its commitment to Chartered Status amid growing concern that it might have been scrapped as…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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