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SFA in discussions with Ofsted about having a greater focus on large subcontractors

BBC Radio 4 will today broadcast an interview with the Skills Funding Agency during which they confirm they are…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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UCU demands college spending probe by the public accounts committee

The University and College Union (UCU) has called for a parliamentary investigation into college spending. The call follows UCU…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Skills Funding Agency abolishes relationship managers

Providers with Skills Funding Agency contracts will no longer have a dedicated relationship manager, following staffing cuts at the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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New cross-party commission on apprenticeships launched by thinktank

A new cross-party commission to examine how apprenticeships can help to bridge the skills gap has been launched by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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IfL announces plans for closure and transfer to the ETF

The Institute for Learning (IfL) could become part of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) following a recommendation by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Labour to call for 100 more University Technical Colleges by 2020

The Labour Party is expected to back calls to establish 100 more University Technical Colleges (UTCs) by 2020, despite…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Upturn in 16 to 18 apprenticeship fortunes

The fortunes of 16 to 18 apprenticeships appear to be changing with the first year-on-year rise for the third…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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College principal takes ‘temporary leave of absence’ as chair of governors becomes interim chief

Warwickshire College principal Mariane Cavalli has taken a “temporary leave of absence” and will be replaced on an interim…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Glory beckons in Brazil for WorldSkills UK hopefuls

England’s hopes for the World Cup glory in Brazil may have been dashed, but the hunt for young people…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Union strike bill nears £200k

The cost of an ongoing strike at Lambeth College over new contracts for staff is nearing the £200,000-mark for…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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HMRC to give out learner details

A new government bill aims to allow Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to give out learner details for…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Agency loses tolerance on delivery

A Skills Funding Agency clampdown on under-delivery next academic year has prompted concerns that providers could be hit by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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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
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