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SFA review clears college

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has cleared a London college of any wrong-doing over a £4.1m budget black hole...

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High-profile BBC host for FE Week apprentice event

BBC Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark has been unveiled as host of the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference next month....

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Principal’s defence on tables data

A principal has defended her University Technical College (UTC) after it came in dramatically below other institutions in official...

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City & Guilds makes Oxford provider move

Awarding organisation City & Guilds has announced its acquisition of privately-funded independent learning provider The Oxford Group. It said...

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SFA to fund non-QCF quals as Ofqual begins to remove controversial framework

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced it will fund courses which do not fit with the qualifications and credit framework (QCF) as...

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Funding for 16 and 17-year-olds to remain at £4,000 in 2015/16, EFA confirms

The funding rate for 16 and 17-year-old learners will remain at £4,000, the Education Funding Agency (EFA) has confirmed....

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FE Week and Me Photography Competition: And the winner is…

The winner of the FE Week and Me Photography Competition (in partnership with NCFE) has spoken of her surprise...

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SFA in multi-million pound non-apprenticeship payout

Colleges and local authorities will get a multi-million pound Skills Funding Agency (SFA) payout for non-apprenticeship provision this month...

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Work with colleges on learners’ ‘technical expertise’, Cable tells Hefce

The body responsible for funding higher education has been instructed by the government to work with FE colleges to...

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