News Exclusive: SFA ‘should scrap’ funding data deadline More than four in every five FE data staff believe the funding data return for the 2013/14 academic year… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Support for agency chief in cancer fight Warm tributes have been paid to Skills Funding Agency chief executive Kim Thorneywork after it was announced she was… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Elmfield staff ‘still in dark’ on future as administration looms Hundreds of Elmfield Training staff could still be in the dark about their futures more than a week after… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News AoC stands firm over unqualified lecturers The Association of Colleges (AoC) maintained its support for allowing member colleges to recruit unqualified lecturers, despite some college… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News SFA notice at City Coventry College remains despite ‘progress’ The Skills Funding Agency will not remove City College Coventry’s Notice of Concern, despite Ofsted ruling it had made… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Rejection for family learning plan proposal The Department for Education (DfE) has rejected calls by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) for a… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Agency strips provider of £2.5m contract A Lancashire-based training provider has been stripped of its £2.5m Skills Funding Agency contract following a damning Ofsted grading… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Apprenticeships make up just half a per cent of FE loan applications Figures released this morning show just 239 loans for apprenticeships have been applied for since the scheme began — 162 in September. The figures… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Funding software delay ‘getting serious,’ 157 group tells SFA The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has been hit with further criticism over “serious difficulties” faced by colleges because of… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Foundation appoints permanent chief executive A policy director at the Department for Education (DfE) will become the Education and Training Foundation’s (ETF) first permanent… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Government publishes its ‘radical and far-reaching’ apprenticeship plan The government has this morning confirmed in a newly-published implementation plan that it would put apprenticeship design in England in the hands… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Fresh concerns raised over Barnfield College Teaching unions have raised further concerns about the governance and management of a troubled college which is being investigated by the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 22h Josh Mellor 22h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Colleges, Politics Exclusive 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… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation 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,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive 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 Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people Long read 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 Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo