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Adult budget cuts prompt rethink call

The government has been urged to rethink its approach to funding for FE after it was revealed learning providers…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Elmfield probe results ‘with minister’

The findings of an official investigation into defunct training provider Elmfield are on the desk of Skills Minister Matthew…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Colleges and schools to get ‘robust comparisons’ regime

Further education leaders have welcomed Ofsted plans that would allow parents and learners to compare the post-16 performance of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Fears remain as quals list published

Further concerns that valuable qualifications could fall victim to a government cull have been raised after a leading awarding…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter


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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
Nick Linford
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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
Nick Linford
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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
Nick Linford
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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
FE Week Reporter

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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…

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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,…

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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

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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

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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…

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

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