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Accounts committee looks at Dfe participation record

A sector leader has called for “coherence” in government’s approach to improving participation of 16 to 18-year-olds in education…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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The FE Wolf at the Lords’ door

Professor Alison Wolf, the influential academic who authored the government’s 2011 report on vocational education, is one of just…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Lambeth College staff back to polls on industrial action

Lambeth College staff who went on a five-week strike earlier this year will vote on whether to take further…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Fine for college after worker breaks back

A Lancashire college has been fined £20,000 after an employee broke his back while changing the filter of an…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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‘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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter


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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
Nick Linford
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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
Nick Linford

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel