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 News Traineeship plan revealed Plans for a new training scheme to equip young people with “the confidence, skills and experience needed to find… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Uncertainty warning over apprentice loans The Shadow FE Minister has described it as “deeply alarming” that government-commissioned research says apprentices do not understand how… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Provider contract to be cut short amid debt claim The Skills Funding Agency is tearing up an £800,000 training contract with a Hertfordshire-based provider amid claim the firm… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Pearson puts 560 staff at jobs risk Hundreds of FE workers are facing redundancy after Pearson announced it was planning to close an adult education branch… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News New chair Stott starts with AoC new governors’ chair has been appointed at the Association of Colleges after John Bingham stepped down following six years… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News No more funding for qualifications, warns SFA Providers and employers could be set to lose funding for qualifications in a clampdown on awarding organisations that don’t… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo