News ‘Plan C’ fears as Hub back-up phased out The closure of the Skills Funding Agency’s (SFA) online data collection (OLDC) system as a back-up for its breakdown-plagued… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Commissioner — ‘college cannot operate on own’ Norton Radstock College has been told it can no longer operate on its own after FE Commissioner Dr David… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Morgan’s funding rate assurance leads to long-term security plea Sector figures have called for long-term funding security after Education Secretary Nicky Morgan (pictured) told MPs the government had… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE loans blamed for “collapse” in number of older people on level three and four courses Urgent government action is required after FE loans caused a “collapse” in the number of older people taking level… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Merger murmurs after Lauener gets SFA role The future of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has been brought into question with Education Funding Agency (EFA) chief… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Investigation call over 16 to 19 safeguarding failure A Midland council looks set to investigate a local 16 to 19 provider after Ofsted inspectors found it was… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News EFA boss Lauener to head up SFA Peter Lauener is to take over as chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) — while continuing to… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News SFA publishes new way to measure performance for 2013/14, just days after providers submit final data New minimum standards guidance for post-19 training was published today, revealing a shake-up in how the Skills Funding Agency… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Public Accounts Committee announces 16 to 18 participation hearing The Public Accounts Committee will hold an inquiry into the issue of 16 to 18-year-olds participating in education and training,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says there are ‘no plans’ for further cut to 18-year-old funding rate The government will not be cutting the 18-year-old funding rate again next year, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has told… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News EFA funding rate to be revealed in January, director confirms The 2015/16 funding rate for 16 to 18-year-olds will not be announced until January, an Education Funding Agency (EFA)… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Boles makes U-turn on apprenticeship grading New apprenticeship frameworks will no longer be forced to include pass, merit and distinction gradings, the Skills Minister has… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 803 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 Anviksha Patel 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive 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 Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo