News 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 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA to have a rethink A functional skills convention was held by the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) and the Learning and… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News 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… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News 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 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News 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… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News 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… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News 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 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News 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… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News 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 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News 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 13y FE Week Reporter 13y 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 Newer 1 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 819 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo