SFCA in the News: 2019
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February
164 MPs lobbying Chancellor for more FE funding, FE Week
The future of applied generals hangs in the balance, TES FE
January 2019Ofsted plans overhaul of inspections to look beyond exam results New Ofsted framework to be less reliant on achievement rate data, FE Week New Ofsted Inspection Framework, what's changing? Schools Week
Ofsted to launch consultation on new inspection framework at SFCA Winter Conference, FE Week
College brings in four-day timetable for students to reduce 'trapped time', TES FEFE's battle for fair funding is only half won, TES
December 2018
Exams boards told to ‘strengthen controls’ after ‘unwarranted’ rise in BTEC grades, Schools Week
Sixth form funding rates to remain unchanged in 2019-20, Schools Week
16-18 funding remains frozen for seventh year, TES FE
FE sector welcomes Ofsted's funding 'wake-up call', TES FE
November 2018
'Protests at the deadline for sixth form colleges’ conversion to academies' - feweek.co.uk
'We need to prepare for the surge of sixth formers' - tes.com
'DfE reopens £15m strategic college improvement fund before finalising first round' - feweek.co.uk
'May challenged on 16-18 funding' - tes.com
October 2018
'Cuts to funding affecting FE quality, says Ofsted' - tes.com
'Ofsted boss backs calls for more 16-to-18 cash to combat falling standards' - feweek.co.uk
'Time is running out for Hinds on college funding' - tes.com
'Budget 2018: What it means for further education' - tes.com
'Campaign launched to ‘Raise the Rate’ of sixth form funding' - feweek.co.uk
'We need more core funding not ‘initiative mania’, sector leaders tell MPs' - feweek.co.uk
'Sixth form college students 'getting short straw'' - The Guardian
SFCA to launch campaign calling for huge 16 to 18 funding rate increase - feweek.co.uk
Pensions hike to cost colleges £140 per student - tes.com
September 2018
'Exclusive: No pay rise for teachers in sixth-form colleges' - tes.com
'College performance improving, Ofsted reveals' - tes.com
'College pension contributions set to rise and could cause ‘financial crisis’ in FE' - feweek.co.uk