Commissioner strips second principal of powers

The FE Commissioner has slapped a second grade four college with administered status as an Ofsted monitoring report blasted...

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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...