Author: FE Week Reporter

It has emerged that four 16-19 Free Schools have been proposed. Last May the Department for Education (DfE) announced it would consider applications from people who want to set up age 16-19 Free Schools. According to House of Commons Hansard 13 Sept 2011, Labour’s MP for Scunthorpe Nic Dakin, asked Schools Minister, Nick Gibb if […]

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has new powers allowing them to take personal assets which belong to the directors and senior management of fraudulent, unproven providers. A spokesperson from the SFA told FE Week: “Contracts between the Chief Executive of Skills Funding and lead providers, which started on the 1 August 2011, contain a clause […]

Learndirect has launched Make It Count Week to help improve the nation’s job prospects. Aiming to inspire and encourage 10,000 people to sign up to learning in the week, learndirect has teamed up with 13 partners including the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the National Apprenticeship Service, totaljobs and Centrepoint. They will be encouraging […]

FE Week has been taking a look at the accounts of two similarly sized not-for-profit awarding bodies. These figures form part of their 2010 Financial Statement, which can be downloaded from the Charity  Commission website: www.charity-commission.gov.uk

A union member has taken home a top award for introducing hundreds of colleagues to learning. USDAW member Jonathan Waterhouse was awarded Union Learning Rep (URL) of the Year today (Tuesday) in a ceremony at TUC Congress, in London. Jonathan, who works on the Penguin biscuit production line for McVitie’s in Manchester, gained his own […]