News Funding rates for functional skills in 2013/14 announced The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced the rates for functional skills in the new streamlined funding system for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Local Government Association critical of skills mismatches England is failing young people by training them for jobs that don’t exist, while not providing them with the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Education Funding Agency to delete ‘erroneous reports’ Errors have been found in data and management information reports published by the Education Funding Agency (EFA). The reports,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Government to pilot ‘traineeships’ The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, announced today that the goverment will be piloting a new pre-apprenticeship scheme, known as… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Richard Review opens call for evidence The Richard Review into apprenticeships officially opened its call for evidence yesterday. Doug Richard, who was appointed by the government to lead… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Lead provider ‘top-slice’ amounts published by SFA A spreadsheet published by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has revealed how much money lead providers are handing over… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA publish sub-contractor management fee percentages This afternoon the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) published the “2011/12 Percentage of SFA funds that are drawn down for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Staff and students lobby MPs over FE loans scheme Staff and students are campaigning against the introduction of FE loans today. Protestors have written to the skills minister John… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News HMRC confirm VAT on FE loans with independent training providers Adult learners may have to pay VAT if they study with an independent training provider next year. The 20… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News More than £20 million spent on Framework for Excellence The government has spent more than £22 million producing the Framework for Excellence and FE Choices websites. A letter… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News New round of higher apprenticeship funding allocated Business secretary Vince Cable has announced 4,239 new higher apprenticeships in sectors such as aviation, low carbon engineering, legal… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Ofsted publishes new inspection framework Ofsted is to reduce inspection notice periods from three weeks to two days. The change, which will be implemented… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 815 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
