News SFA review clears college The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has cleared a London college of any wrong-doing over a £4.1m budget black hole… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News High-profile BBC host for FE Week apprentice event BBC Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark has been unveiled as host of the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference next month…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Principal’s defence on tables data A principal has defended her University Technical College (UTC) after it came in dramatically below other institutions in official… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News City & Guilds makes Oxford provider move Awarding organisation City & Guilds has announced its acquisition of privately-funded independent learning provider The Oxford Group. It said… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News SFA to fund non-QCF quals as Ofqual begins to remove controversial framework The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced it will fund courses which do not fit with the qualifications and credit framework (QCF) as… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Funding for 16 and 17-year-olds to remain at £4,000 in 2015/16, EFA confirms The funding rate for 16 and 17-year-old learners will remain at £4,000, the Education Funding Agency (EFA) has confirmed…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News FE Week and Me Photography Competition: And the winner is… The winner of the FE Week and Me Photography Competition (in partnership with NCFE) has spoken of her surprise… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News SFA in multi-million pound non-apprenticeship payout Colleges and local authorities will get a multi-million pound Skills Funding Agency (SFA) payout for non-apprenticeship provision this month… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Fraction of qualifications survive the latest Skills Funding Agency cull The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is axing the public funding of 1,567 adult qualifications in its third annual cull…. Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Labour loses vote on apprenticeship two-year minimum duration and level three start Labour this afternoon lost a House of Commons vote on plans to scrap apprenticeships of less than two years’ duration… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘Be brave and stand’ says AoC president as election process for new leader gets under way Principals have been urged to “be brave and stand” as the Association of Colleges today (AoC) begins the hunt… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Ofsted pushes ahead with unified inspection plan for FE and skills, schools and early years Ofsted today confirmed it was pushing ahead with “some of the most significant changes to the inspection of education… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 21h Josh Mellor 21h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Colleges, Politics Exclusive 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive 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 Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people Long read 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 Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
