News No accountability for issues in FE, say MPs There are too many funding organisations in further education of which none take responsibility for cutting red tape, according… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Funding comparison software released by The Data Service The Data Service, an arm of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA), has today published ‘shadow funding calculations’ in the latest… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News More than 2,000 secret changes to FE Choices An investigation into changes on FE Choices has found more than 2,000 data records were adjusted without public knowledge…. FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA auditors assigned to A4e Auditors at the Skills Funding Agency have been assigned to help A4e carry out a review of some of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Principal supports no-notice inspections The principal of a college which underwent the first no-notice inspection in FE has praised the piloted scheme. Richard… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Unemployment not free for all Confusion reigns over who should pay fees The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) say colleges are not allowed to fully-fund… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Lambeth College leaves 157 Group following inspection A college will not renew membership to the 157 Group amid reports of an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted inspection. Lambeth College,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News FE loans equality impact assessment delayed The final impact assessment and equality impact assessment for the proposed FE loans system has been delayed by the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Gazelle group report says colleges need a “complete transformation” Gazelle group members with Richard Branson at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2012 Further education (FE) colleges needs a “complete… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News College is ‘outstanding’ after no-notice inspection The first further education college to be graded under a no-notice inspection has been graded ‘outstanding’. As revealed on Friday… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News A4e included in preferred prison education bidder list The preferred bidders for prison education contracts have been revealed by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). The list has been… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News BIS Select Committee to hear evidence from the CEO of Elmfield Training Ltd Elmfield Training Ltd has been called upon by the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee to give evidence… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 815 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
