by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 28, 2024 | News
ESFA has published version 2 of the new adult skills fund (ASF) funding rules for 2024 to 2025, which replace the adult education budget funding rules 2023 to 2024. When ESFA published the ASF rules in June, they said they would release a further update in the summer...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 28, 2024 | News
For the 2024 to 2025 funding year, Department for Education (DfE) is changing the requirements regarding IT security for colleges and special post-16 institutions (SPIs). Colleges and SPIs will now be required to achieve cyber essentials during the 2024 to 2025...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 28, 2024 | News
Latest from ESFA including: Action: IT security for colleges and special post-16 institutions (SPIs). Information: New update to ESFA adult skills fund and funding and performance management rules 2024 to 2025. Information: Adult skills fund – funding rates and...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 28, 2024 | News
As part of the State Opening of Parliament ceremony, King Charles III opened the parliamentary session with the customary speech from the House of Lords. The King’s Speech outlined 40 new pieces of legislation that the government will seek to pass in the next 12...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 28, 2024 | News
A DfE non-executive director and former boss of the Co-operative Group has been named interim chair of Skills England, a new national body aimed to fix the skills system. Richard Pennycook who is currently lead non-executive director at the DfE, will lead the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 28, 2024 | News
Building on recent research by EPI which has shown disadvantaged students are 3.2 grades behind their peers by the time they finished 16-19 education, this new report by EPI makes recommendations to the new government about how a new student premium might work, who...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 28, 2024 | News
The new government has finally confirmed who is responsible for what at the Department for Education, after Labour recently won the general election. Click here for FE Week’s introduction to the new DfE government set up.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 28, 2024 | News
The media’s focus on financial challenges in universities has overshadowed the need for a sustainable post-18 education system, encompassing universities, colleges, apprenticeships, and independent training providers. The 2019 Augar Review aimed to address this,...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 28, 2024 | News
Educational attainment amongst children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has not improved since the introduction of landmark reforms in 2014, despite councils projected to be spending £12 billion on these services by 2026, up from £4 billion a...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 28, 2024 | News
The Department for Education has confirmed a “short review” of plans to defund BTECs and other level 3 technical courses, but there will be no long-term pause of the reforms. Education secretary Bridget Phillipson released a written ministerial statement outlining how...
