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SFA satisfaction survey

The Skills Funding Agency has launched its second annual ‘College and Training Organisation Survey’. The questionnaire looks at how…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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SFA to have a rethink

A functional skills convention was held by the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) and the Learning and…

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FE Week Reporter
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Colleges break ranks and praise Ofsted

Inspectors this week received praise from two of England’s largest colleges, despite new data confirming a sharp rise in…

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FE Week Reporter
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Department for Education shuns its own funding consultation

The government is ignoring concerns from colleges, parents and learners about plans to fund education providers on a “per…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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EFA unveil funding per student system

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) is to replace the current funding formula with a payment per student system in…

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FE Week Reporter
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Funding for FE colleges to teach 14-16 year olds

The Department for Education (DfE) have referred to plans to fund colleges for teaching 14-16 year olds in their School funding…

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FE Week Reporter


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Sixth-form colleges fear for their future

A report by the Sixth Form Colleges Forum (SFCF) warns that many colleges “fear for their future” because of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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EFA publish 16-19 funding guidance for 2012/13

The Education Funding Agency has published a series of documents outlining its funding arrangements for 2012/13. It includes version…

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FE Week Reporter
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Gateshead College appeal Ofsted

Gateshead College has appealed against a “satisfactory” inspection grade awarded by Ofsted after an inspection in May this year….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Lead contractors ‘top-slice’ more than £175 million

Lead providers charged more than £175 million in management fees to subcontractors in the 2011/12 academic year, an analysis…

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

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As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

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