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New Year, new hopes as sector faces up to funding cuts, reforms and the General Election countdown

Agency gets tough with new rules on bosses

The Skills Funding Agency has beefed-up funding rules to stop rogue bosses setting up new providers to get their...

Countdown to end of apprentice loans continues

No date has been given for the abolition of adult apprenticeship loans, despite Business Secretary Vince Cable’s (pictured left)...

Agency rule change allows grade three providers to keep taking on trainees

Providers that drop to a grade three Ofsted rating will be allowed to keep taking on new trainees under...

Chancellor Osborne buries hopes of college VAT refund

Hopes of a VAT refund for colleges look to have finally ended with Education Secretary Michael Gove admitting his...

First FE Commissioner job results in administered status for K College after Ofsted inadequate grade

Troubled K College has been put into administered status after becoming the first college to come under scrutiny from...

College’s most deprived students won’t go hungry this Christmas

The festive season can be a depressing time for students without a stable family home to return to, which...

Optimism in Ofsted report comes with warning of providers not meeting local economy needs

Local employer needs are not being met by the FE and skills sector, according to this year’s Ofsted annual...