News SFA warned over plans to stop qualifications funding The Skills Funding Agency “risks destabilising the system” with plans to stop paying out for more than 1,000 qualifications,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Providers to get transitional funding protection from new system Providers are to be protected from potentially huge drops in funding when a new payments regime is introduced from… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Data for course directory to be rated Providers will be scored on information they submit to the National Careers Service (NCS) online course provider directory in… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News FE Minister in college merger warning Further education Minister Matthew Hancock has written to all governors and principals with a warning on mergers just weeks… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Ofsted clashes with AoC over ‘consequence of failure’ Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has clashed with the Association of Colleges (AoC) over the issue of failing colleges… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Government ‘accepts principle’ of Lord Heseltine’s single funding pot The government has already “accepted the principle” of Lord Heseltine’s single funding pot idea for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs),… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Exclusive: Jobs hope with agreement on Pearson in Practice The future of around 150 FE jobs might have been saved after a deal was struck “in principle” to… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Dates confirmed for Skills Show 2013 The Skills Show, the UK’s largest skills and careers event, returns to the NEC Birmingham from 14-16 November 2013… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News A capital in crisis? Tumbling inspection grades over the last two years have begged the question ‘is London learning?’ Chris Henwood looks at… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Sector in tribute to outgoing chief The retiring head of further education and skills investment at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has told… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Warning over Heseltine’s single funding pot for LEPs Lord Heseltine’s proposal to hand-over the entire skills budget to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) could become a reality with… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News The AELP calls for funding change Independent learning providers are calling for an end to a dual funding system that sees them denied overpayments while… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 811 Older Must read Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 3w Jessica Hill 3w Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
