AoC: Relax financial intervention rules to protect college reputations A ‘significant minority’ of colleges face ‘real financial difficulty’
Awarding bodies’ report reveals rocketing cost of regulatory burden Regulation has risen ‘exponentially’ over the past decade, research finds
Apprenticeship funding band pilot finally gets underway Around 20 trailblazer groups from various sectors are set to be piloted
Minister refuses to offer transparency on apprenticeship levy spending Donelan says the government is instead focused on the ‘key stats that really matter’
ESFA to be stripped of policy role Responsibility will be absorbed by DfE following an independent review
FE loans training provider goes bust after damning Ofsted inspection The ESFA immediately terminated the provider’s funding contract
Councils oppose ‘elite’ sixth form plans Do not allow the new institutions to become ‘cuckoos in the nest’, ministers also warned
Top Tory mayor to bid for unprecedented skills powers West Midlands wants control beyond the adult education budget
Apprenticeship achievement rates removed due to ‘error’ It took the DfE’s statisticians almost a year to spot the issue