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ESFA warns it could trigger college insolvencies with adult education budget claw-back

The government is encouraging under-performing colleges to reduce their 2018/19 adult education budget now, to avoid cash flow problems...

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Cash-strapped college reveals shock deficit on the same day insolvency regime goes live

A cash-strapped college’s 2017/18 accounts have revealed a £5 million deficit, on the same day that the insolvency regime...

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ESFA delays European Social Fund contracts due to alleged breach of tender rules

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has delayed issuing European Social Fund contracts after multiple providers who lost out...

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Starts suspended at mysterious apprenticeship provider after ESFA launches investigation

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has suspended starts at an apprenticeship firm with multimillion-pound subcontracting deals while it...

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Secrecy around funding band formulas protects against ‘misuse’, says IfATE chief executive

The government’s apprenticeships agency is not willing to share the formula it uses to calculate funding bands for apprenticeship...

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Office for Students board finally has FE representation

FE finally has representation on the board of the new regulatory body for higher education, after Leicester College’s principal...

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College insolvency regime: 7 things we learned from DfE’s new guidance

Two days before the college insolvency regime comes into effect, meaning that colleges will be able to go bust...

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MPs warned of a ‘postcode lottery’ for post-16 SEND learners

Special educational needs experts have warned of a “postcode lottery” for post-16 learners with high needs, during an education...

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More than half of 3aaa’s former apprentices are still without a new provider

More than half of the apprentices that trained with former apprenticeship giant Aspire Achieve Advance have still not been...

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Billy Camden