News

DfE gives colleges school data access to remove young learners’ hurdle

A major stumbling block holding up colleges looking to take on 14 and 15-year-old learners has been addressed by...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

SFA’s £30.4m grant clears K College advances debt

Debts at the defunct K College were cleared after the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) dished out a £30.4m grant,...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Movers and Shakers

Edition 109: Margaret Mineham, Rebecca Garrod Waters, Tim Grant and Kate Roe

At least 13 colleges, independent learning providers and other skills bodies have started the new academic year under new...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Hub breaks down on ILR data deadline day

Providers trying to submit information for the first individualised learner record (ILR) return of the academic year faced software...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Sector bodies have their say on government plans

Officials at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are currently sifting through the results of FE and...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Peter Pendle, deputy general secretary, ATL

An “East End boy” with a passion for politics and a flair for all things FE, it’s hard to...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Closer to employers and further away from funding agencies

In the 26 months since Geoff Russell stepped down as chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency, FE and...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Co-operation is key to taking on school-age learners full-time

Bromley College was one of nine colleges given permission to enrol 14 and 15-year-olds full-time this September, in addition...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Leadership thinktank launches £50K future-gazing fellowships

A new FE leadership thinktank set up by former Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) chair Dame Ruth Silver...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter