Opinion

Why colleges should be allowed to be creative to meet local needs

The chances of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) agreeing to 50 per cent flexibility in adult skills budgets were...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Cash boost on out-of-favour qualifications

Funding for a host of politically unpopular workplace qualifications is set to rise, with payments for one course rocketing...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Provider challenges new-look inspection

One of the first Ofsted inspections under the new common inspection framework is to be disputed. Merseyside-based Central Training,...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

At last, a report written by people who understand FE

The clear recommendations of the Lingfield report reflect the complexity of the sector, says Lynne Sedgmore, executive director at...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Uncategorized

SFA ‘assured’ over Elmfield payments

A system of payments from the provider behind the UK’s biggest apprenticeship programme to the firm whose staff it...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Apprenticeship highs and lows

Apprentice numbers in engineering and construction have plummeted while management apprenticeships have rocketed 45 per cent. Engineering, based on...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Heseltine questions funding agency’s future

A wide-ranging report from the Tory grandee Lord Heseltine (right) questions the role of the Skills Funding Agency, instead...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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You + SQA = The perfect match

Some things just go together. Like you and a national qualifications body that puts you first

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FE Week Reporter
News

New courses bypass the regulator

The government has allowed new adult English and maths qualifications to be funded without the usual approval of an...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter