News Agency freezes rates as drop in 18 funding hits The Education Funding Agency has announced it is freezing rates for 2014/15, prompting criticism that the sector is facing… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News GCSEs need ‘flexibility and functionality Ofsted’s careers guidance boss has called for “flexibility and functionality” in English and maths GCSEs. Karen Adriaanse, the education… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Agency ‘sprints’ to new software finishing line The Skills Funding Agency has announced an “agile project management approach” to developing software following the implementation of this… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Government extends apprenticeship grant for employers A scheme which provides employers with grants of up to £1,500 for each apprentice they train has been extended… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Funding agency rates untouched but expected drop hits 18-year-olds The Education Funding Agency is to continue paying providers an unweighted full-time rate of £4,ooo for 16 and 17-year-olds while… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Learners could compare colleges and schools under Ofsted proposals Ofsted has today launched a consultation on much-anticipated proposals that would allow learners to compare the post-16 performance of… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Provider budgets set for 15 pc cut, but apprenticeships protected Further education providers face a 15 per cent cut in their adult skills budget allocations, the Skills Funding Agency… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Adult quals cull risks ‘throwing baby out with the bathwater’ The government risks “throwing the baby out with the bathwater” with cuts to qualifications it sees as worthless, FE… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Tributes to former Midland principal of 20 years Graham Moore Further education leaders have paid tribute to ex-college principal of 20 years and former 157 Group chair Graham Moore… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Colleges win budget protection from 18 funding rate cut Colleges facing a funding rate cut for their full-time 18-year-old learners will be protected from the controversial move inflicting… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Quality mark ‘still on the agenda’ The government has reaffirmed its commitment to Chartered Status amid growing concern that it might have been scrapped as… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Apprentice wage rise gets mixed welcome The National Minimum Wage for apprentices is set to rise by 5p an-hour to £2.73, the Department for Business,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 831 Older Must read 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 6d Shane Chowen 6d Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w Qualifications Exclusive 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
