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Spending review: £291m to ‘maintain’ FE base rate and £83m for growing number of 16-19s

The funding base rate for 16 to 19-year-olds is set to remain at £4,188 in 2021-22 following a £291...

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AoC calls for adult funding boost ahead of spending review

Funding rates for adult learners must be raised to the same level as 16 to 19-year-olds to ensure courses...

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DfE hiring spree for Covid response

A huge recruitment drive has been launched at the Department for Education to aid its response to Covid-19, with...

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Revealed: The sectors excluded from PM’s new ‘lifetime skills guarantee’

Major parts of the economy will see level 3 qualifications in their sector excluded from the new Lifetime Skills...

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Adult education budget tender delayed again

An upcoming tender for the national adult education budget has been delayed – again. The Education and Skills Funding...

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ESFA to audit university apprenticeships, from April

Universities that deliver apprenticeships will be subject to Education and Skills Funding Agency funding audits for the first time...

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MPs launch inquiry into prison education

A new inquiry into the challenges faced in prison education has been launched by the parliamentary education select committee....

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ESFA reveals major cashflow problems at mega-college in Nottingham

A mega-college in Nottingham has been placed in formal FE Commissioner intervention after hitting “serious cashflow pressures”. The Education...

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Gavin Williamson’s speech on lifting FE’s ‘potential’ through the white paper: The full text

The education secretary has promised that the imminent FE white paper will bring an “end to getting a qualification...

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