News Fury at SFA funding software delays Funding software delays at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) sparked fury in the FE sector. A delay in supplying… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Shadow Skills Minister quizzes government on apprenticeship drop Newly appointed Shadow Skills Minister Liam Bryne quizzed his opposite number Matthew Hancock over the drop in 16 to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News SFA funding software delay as provider data deadline looms Providers will have just eight working days to check and correct their 2013/14 academic year data as the Skills… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Foundation invites bids to support traineeship delivery The Education and Training Foundation has called for organisations to bid to develop support programmes for providers delivering traineeships…. FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Education certificates firm accused of corrupt payments in Africa An Eastbourne-based firm that prints qualification certificates is facing allegations of corrupt payments made in Africa. Smith & Ouzman… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News College hit with ‘poor financial management’ claim An allegation of poor financial management at a Bedfordshire college, along with concerns about “extensive” staff restructuring and redundancies, has been… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News College under SFA and DfE investigation A Bedfordshire college is under investigation by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and the Department for Education (DfE) following… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Enthusiastic reception for family learning expansion plans The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education’s (Niace) new report calling for widespread expansion of family learning generated an… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New funding system delay has knock-on effect: sub-contractor issues wages warning over prime’s non-payment Sub-contractors are suffering devastating knock-on effects as the wait for a new Skills Funding Agency (SFA) payment system continues,… FE Week 12y FE Week 12y News Our Mann’s impressed with Nottinghamshire college Laying bricks, an afternoon jam with talented music students and a relaxing manicure were just some of the activities… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Councils ‘not tracking’ 16 to 18s Skills Minister Matthew Hancock (pictured) has criticised a dozen councils for failing to track 16 to 18-year-olds’ employment status…. FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Colleges under fire in social mobility commission report A hard-hitting report by the government’s social mobility commission has attacked college performance and recommended funding for employment outcomes… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 802 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
