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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
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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter
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Lambeth College staff could strike again after rejecting ‘improved’ contract offer

Lambeth College staff who went on a five-week strike earlier this year have rejected “improved” offers over contract changes….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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More than 700 employers to set standards for 76 apprenticeships

More than 700 employers will design 76 new apprenticeships in professions ranging from policing, the Armed Forces and TV…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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SFA to close OLDC as planned despite hub woes

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is to continue with plans to close its old funding system next week, despite…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Colleges losing focus on student success, FE Commissioner warns

Colleges are losing their focus on student success in favour of other activities, FE Commissioner Dr David Collins has…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Half number of under-performing FE providers by 2020, social mobility body demands

The number of under-performing colleges and apprenticeship training providers should be halved by 2020, the Social Mobility and Child…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Professor Alison Wolf given peerage

Vocational education expert and academic Alison Wolf is to join the House of Lords, it has been announced. Professor…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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New shadow education minister ‘excited’ about FE and skills role

New shadow education minister Yvonne Fovargue has spoken of her “excitement” about the FE and skills element of her…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
News

Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill