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The Skills Funding Agency have published version one of Funding Rules 2012/13, replacing the various Funding Requirements documents that currently exist. The forward states there will be an “updated document in May 2012 which will include the supporting audit evidence requirements. For the first time we will consolidate the Funding Rules and associated evidence requirements […]

Further education (FE) and sixth form colleges could be funded for 14 to 16 year-olds on a similar basis to schools from 2013. The Department for Education (DfE) is proposing to fund FE colleges using a “simplified local funding formulae” managed by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) from the 2013/14 academic year. The new proposals […]

The Skills Funding Agency has published a new version of the College Accounts 2010/11 spreadsheet detailing the salaries of every FE college principal. The top ten salaries, shown above, contain some inaccuracies however. Loughborough College has told FE Week the salary for their principal in 2010/11 was in fact £124,000. A statement from the college […]

Institute for Learning (IfL) members with Qualified Teacher Leaning and Skills (QTLS) status have been recognised as being fully qualified to work in schools. An amendment to the 2003 Regulations, outlined in number 431 of the Statutory Instruments 2012, means IFL members now have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and can take up a permanent position […]

The increase in apprentices aged 25 and above is to be monitored by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) throughout the next academic year. A briefing note published by the SFA on March 30, says: “We will monitor the pattern and volume of 25+ apprenticeship delivery in-year and will not award any growth for 25+ apprenticeship provision.” […]

A BIS press release published today reads: Tougher standards introduced by Skills Minister to drive up quality Apprenticeships will last for a minimum of 12 months guaranteeing improvements in training and workplace learning, Skills Minister John Hayes announced today. The new standards will come into force for all age groups from August 2012, subject to consultation […]

Provisional figures show apprenticeship starts for those aged 25 over increased by 48 per cent in the first half of this year. The increases were revealed in the Data Service Statistical First Release published today. For the first two quarters of 2011/12 (Aug 2011 to the end of January 2012) in total 256,500 apprentices started, a 20 per […]

Sunderland College has today announced that it intends to make 36 people redundant as part of a bid to save  £2.26 million in 2012/13. The cuts have also led the college to review job descriptions for all teaching staff with a proposal to put in place a number of pay bands. New descriptions, say the […]