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 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 Newer 1 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 829 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
