News SFA publish sub-contractor management fee percentages This afternoon the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) published the “2011/12 Percentage of SFA funds that are drawn down for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Staff and students lobby MPs over FE loans scheme Staff and students are campaigning against the introduction of FE loans today. Protestors have written to the skills minister John… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News HMRC confirm VAT on FE loans with independent training providers Adult learners may have to pay VAT if they study with an independent training provider next year. The 20… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News More than £20 million spent on Framework for Excellence The government has spent more than £22 million producing the Framework for Excellence and FE Choices websites. A letter… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News New round of higher apprenticeship funding allocated Business secretary Vince Cable has announced 4,239 new higher apprenticeships in sectors such as aviation, low carbon engineering, legal… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Ofsted publishes new inspection framework Ofsted is to reduce inspection notice periods from three weeks to two days. The change, which will be implemented… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Final FE loans impact assessments come under fire The shadow FE minister, an independent charity and two trade unions have criticised the FE loans policy following the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Government considering apprenticeships at level 6 and 7 The government says they are “looking” at introducing apprenticeships at level 6 and 7. A source from Number 10… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News CBI report reveals basic skills deficit Employers remain dissatisfied with school and college leavers’ basic skills according to a report by CBI. Around a third… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News New inspection framework Ofsted have released the new Common Inspection Framework as part of the Handbook for the inspection for further education… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Richard Review interview Entrepreneur Doug Richard is to lead an independent review into the future of the apprenticeship programme in England. The… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Concern over VAT on FE loans Learners taking out an FE loan next year could be forced to pay 20 per cent VAT if they… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 829 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
