News Contract suspended after ‘missing data’ A troubled provider’s £4.5m contract with the Skills Funding Agency has been suspended after “errors and missing data” were… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Union blasts FE loans The NUS has branded FE loans a “dangerous policy” and raised a number of questions over the new system… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Careers advice ‘getting worse,’ warns government education committee The quality and quantity of young people’s career advice is not good enough and is getting worse, a government… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Government plans new team to exploit international education opportunities During a trip to India to promote vocational education the Skills Minister has announced that the government will establish… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News FE colleges’ passage to India A group of colleges is establishing a permanent team in New Delhi as part of an Association of Colleges… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Inspection ‘delight’ The principal of an FE provider said she led her centre to an outstanding Ofsted inspection result by focusing… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Providers ‘anxious’ over growth cash Training providers said they could be left thousands of pounds “out-of-pocket” after the government unexpectedly doubled functional skills rates…. FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Clawback ‘possible’ on £91m overpayment Providers who shared in a £91m Skills Funding Agency overpayment could yet be asked to hand back some of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Union strike threat over new dismissals A bitter dispute over the sacking of lecturers at a Midlands college looks set to worsen. The University and… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Audit exposes ‘£40m’ ESF error European funding could be at risk after a government audit uncovered “potentially” £40m-worth of errors over money dished out… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News College gets £2.2m funding immunity A failing London college was allowed to sidestep official funding rules to keep a £2.2m overpayment as it merged… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Minister in traineeship web launch Further education Minister Matthew Hancock (above right) took part in his first webinar to launch a government discussion paper on… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 835 Older Must read 16-19 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
