News

SFA funding software delay as provider data deadline looms

Providers will have just eight working days to check and correct their 2013/14 academic year data as the Skills...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Education certificates firm accused of corrupt payments in Africa

An Eastbourne-based firm that prints qualification certificates is facing allegations of corrupt payments made in Africa. Smith & Ouzman...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Self-improvement in an age of reduced resources

Self-improvement, not improvement, is the order of the day for new FE body the Education and Training Foundation it...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

College hit with ‘poor financial management’ claim

An allegation of poor financial management at a Bedfordshire college, along with concerns about “extensive” staff restructuring and redundancies, has been...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Yorkshire provider loses £500k funding over audit ‘concerns’

A West Yorkshire training provider is to have its £500,000 Skills Funding Agency contract terminated after an audit raised...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Colleges under fire in social mobility commission report

A hard-hitting report by the government’s social mobility commission has attacked college performance and recommended funding for employment outcomes...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Commons grilling for Elmfield, Syddall and SFA

Former Elmfield director Ged Syddall and Skills Funding Agency finance director Paul McGuire look set for a “no-holds-barred” grilling...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Niace demands Pupil Premium cash for family learning

The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) wants Pupil Premium cash from the government to fund a huge...

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Nick Linford
News

Nine in court over alleged A4e fraud

Nine former employees of welfare to work provider A4e have appeared in court charged with fraud. The six women...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford