News Calls for Ofsted to grade IAG FE provider membership bodies are calling on Ofsted to take a greater look at the information, advice and guidance… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Lessons to be learned following SFA data ‘episode’ An investigation into changes on FE Choices has found more than 2,500 data records were adjusted without public knowledge…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News A Way forward for Apprenticeship durations FE Week’s Nick Reinis speaking to the newly appointed chief executive of NAS at the Apprenticeship Quality Conference last… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship Vacancy system ‘under scrutiny’ Sanctions are being considered for providers who fail to advertise vacancies on the Apprenticeship Vacancy (AV) system, an e-mail… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Stay of execution for ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) qualifications will continue to be funded for at least one more year,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 829 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