Latest FE news News Provider challenges new-look inspection One of the first Ofsted inspections under the new common inspection framework is to be disputed. Merseyside-based Central Training,… admin 10y admin 10y News Heseltine questions funding agency’s future A wide-ranging report from the Tory grandee Lord Heseltine (right) questions the role of the Skills Funding Agency, instead… admin 10y admin 10y News New courses bypass the regulator The government has allowed new adult English and maths qualifications to be funded without the usual approval of an… admin 10y admin 10y News Apprenticeship highs and lows Apprentice numbers in engineering and construction have plummeted while management apprenticeships have rocketed 45 per cent. Engineering, based on… admin 10y admin 10y News New report critical of government’s education divide The government’s departmental split over education responsibility has been branded “damaging and artificial” in a new report from the… admin 10y admin 10y News Lead provider that had £3.3m of Skills Funding Agency cash ‘ceases trading’ An Essex-based lead provider that was allocated nearly £2m of Skills Funding Agency cash last academic year has ceased… admin 10y admin 10y News Subcontracting probe uncovers ‘poor value for money’ management fees An Ofsted probe into subcontracting has uncovered lead contractors charging management fees “as a way of generating income for… admin 10y admin 10y News FE Guild go ahead for Association of Colleges The Association of Colleges (AoC) has won government approval to “take forward” its proposals for an FE Guild. The… admin 10y admin 10y News Elmfield Training dishes out cash to Morrisons The provider behind the UK’s biggest apprenticeship programme has defended handing over taxpayers’ cash to the firm whose staff… admin 10y admin 10y News Dozens of providers exempt from rule Forty providers are exempt from funding rules that ban introductory apprenticeships where more than 10 per cent of learners… admin 10y admin 10y News Job losses as Skillsfinder UK Training goes in to administration A national training provider with nearly £2.5m of contracts last year has gone into administration with the loss of… admin 10y admin 10y News Sharp criticism of ‘limited flexibility’ in the Innovation Code Government measures to help colleges respond to local employment and skills needs have lost the “spirit” of the report… admin 10y admin 10y Newer 1 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 643 Older