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SFA publishes £283m of inter-lead subcontracting for first time

Lead providers took on nearly £300m of subcontracted provision last academic year, Skills Funding Agency (SFA) figures have revealed. More than 1,600 subcontracting agreements, totaling £283m of funding, were in place between providers who already held their own direct contracts with the SFA. It is the first time that the extent of inter-lead subcontracting has […]

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A principal first for Gateshead College

New Gateshead College principal and chief executive Judith Doyle said she was “thrilled” and “proud” to be taking up the post. She had been deputy principal for curriculum and quality at the college for four years before taking over the role on August 1 following the retirement of Richard Thorold. “I am thrilled to be […]

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New principal hopes for turnaround at ‘inadequate’ City College Coventry

A new principal has been appointed at City College Coventry just months after its disastrous inspection report. Former City of Wolverhampton College interim principal John Hogg has taken over at Coventry where he has begun a series of meetings with staff and students and is developing an improvement plan. “The college has a lot to offer, […]

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Prison warning for college spending officer

A Lancashire college purchasing officer could be facing a spell behind bars after she used a work credit card to rack up £21,000 of debt on holidays, sunglasses, solicitors and supermarket shopping. Included in the spending of Shaheda Lorgat (pictured, right) at Blackburn College’s expense was also £465 on a trip to Alton Towers. The […]

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SFA to pay up to £900 per work placement

The Skills Funding Agency has announced rates from £500 to £900 for work placements in the government’s new traineeship programme. Agency officials laid out payment bands of 100 to 199 hours; 200 to 499 hours; and, 500 hours-plus in a sector webinar on Monday (see slides below). They said the bands would mean training providers […]

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FE Commissioner selection ongoing

The new FE Commissioner is yet to be appointed despite interviews by officials from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), FE Week understands. A number of candidates have already been spoken to, but none has been appointed to the role — or to any of its seven advisory posts. “The interview and appointment […]

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EFA name first seven colleges allowed to recruit full time 14 and 15-year-olds

Seven colleges will be taking up the opportunity, for the first time, to directly enrol full-time 14 and 15 year olds in September. The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has now confirmed  the seven colleges which “meet the entry criteria as at 15 July 2013 to commence delivery from September 2013″ are: Central territory: Halesowen College. Local authority: Dudley North […]

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Government says sorry to college

A Dorset college that was wrongly labelled as under-performing in official statistics has won an apology. Kingston Maurward College, in Dorchester, was ordered to improve in May having apparently fallen below the Education Funding Agency’s (EFA) new minimum standards for key stage five. The land-based college, according to the Department for Education (DfE), failed to […]

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Minister ‘behind’ action over inadequate provider

Moves to tackle poor provision by Elmfield were ordered personally by Skills Minister Matthew Hancock before its inadequate grading from Ofsted had even been published, FE Week can reveal. The minister is understood to have been furious with the provider following success rates, as reported in FE Week two months ago, showing just 47.5 per […]

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