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ESFA accused of ‘hidden agenda’ as AEB providers reveal ‘horrendous’ bid rejections

The government has been accused of using the adult education budget tender process to “manoeuvre its hidden agenda” of shrinking the private provider market – as leaders spoke out about “horrendous” bid rejections. Several long-running providers told FE Week they were left “infuriated” after their applications were denied owing to “missing” documents that were in […]

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Spending review: FE budget fears as departments asked to find ‘at least’ 5% savings

The Department for Education has been asked to find savings of “at least” 5 per cent, leaving it facing cuts that could amount to £4.5 billion and prompting fears of an impact on FE budgets. The Treasury announced this week that the spending review, a plan for public spending over the next three years, will […]

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A-levels 2021: Havering students picket college over lower than expected A-level grades

Students and parents have picketed a London sixth form over accusations the college leadership unfairly altered their A-level grades. The protesters claim grades handed to students at Havering Sixth Form College were not those set by teachers and were instead changed down by senior managers at the college’s parent group, New City College London. Protest […]

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Labour warns cutting off BTEC funding could entrench inequality

Labour has warned cutting off public funding for BTECs could entrench inequalities in exam results, especially affecting students with free school meals or special educational needs. Ofqual equalities analysis of spring and summer 2021’s results for applied general, like BTEC, and other vocational performance table qualifications, shows students on free school meals were on average […]

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Results day sees adult learners step towards new careers

Adults across England are today finding out whether they have stepped closer to their dream careers or finally passed their exams after multiple attempts. FE Week has decided this year to dedicate its coverage of level 2 results day today to learners who have passed their English, maths or vocational assessments later in life than […]

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Search begins for sixth Hull College leader in two years

A college’s first permanent leader in nearly two years has left after six months, owing to difficulty working away from his family. Hull College has today announced Chris Malish, formerly deputy chief executive at Bradford College, left last week after only having started in April. The hunt is now on for the college’s sixth leader, and […]

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Colleges need guaranteed funding for significant surge in student enrolments, says AoC

Colleges are calling on the government to move to an “in-year funding model” after their membership body projected an extra 90,000 students will be in their classrooms by 2024/25. The Association of Colleges has today demanded the government provide an automatic guarantee of additional funding for extra 16-to-18-year-olds recruited each year, and said the Treasury […]

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Somerset Skills & Learning to make more redundancies after latest AEB tender debacle

Staff are being made redundant at a large community learning provider in Somerset after it was dealt yet another damaging blow from an Education and Skills Funding Agency tender. Somerset Skills & Learning was refused a £1.1 million contract in the recent national adult education budget (AEB) procurement, leaving the education of 300 people hanging […]

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Bidding opens for £7m flexi-job apprenticeship development fund

Applications have opened for a £7 million fund to set up flexible apprenticeships in sectors struggling to meet the 12-month minimum duration for an apprenticeship. The Department for Education will be welcoming bids to set up a small number of flexi-job apprenticeship agencies to allow learners to work across multiple projects with multiple employers in […]

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