SFCA in the News: 2019
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May
Schools failing to promote vocational qualifications face government crackdown, Independent
Ofsted’s New Education Inspection Framework 2019 - Sector Response, FE News
Academy option reopened for sixth-form colleges, Schools Week
DfE set to reopen academisation option for sixth-form colleges, FE WeekâEPI: Proportion of sixth form colleges with in-year deficits rockets fivefold in six-year period, FE Week
EPI: Colleges stung by 'sharp, real-terms decline in funding,' TES
April
Thelma Walker: Take action now over the funding crisisâ, Yorkshire Post
Increase 16-19 funding by ‘significant amount’, Social Mobility Commission urges, FE Week
Why we should look beyond schools for arts education, TES
Government to fully-fund college pension cost increase, FE Week
Select committee chair and skills minister clash over Spending Review strategy, FE Week
What happens when A-level funding for languages fall?, Study International
March
Scrapping popular qualifications would be ‘reckless’, EdExec
Scrapping BTECs 'rash and reckless' warn principals, TESTes FE Awards 2019 winners crowned, TES
Revealed: The 13 colleges to share £1.8m strategic improvement funding, FE Week
â13 colleges to share £1.8m in improvement funds, TESColleges to receive £1.8 million funding boost to help raise standards, FE NewsA-level courses 'cut in sixth-form funding squeeze', BBC NewsFrench rocks — this is no time for schools to drop your ouis and nons, Evening StandardGovernment creates new student mental health taskforce, Gov.ukSixth forms drop languages A-levels due to inadequate funding, The GuardianLearning languages is about more than vocabulary tests – it gives you insight into a culture beyond your own, i NewsLBC Interview with SFCA CEO Bill Watkin on the Funding Impact SurveyNew survey highlights damaging impact of funding cuts on sixth form students, FE NewsGateway radio interview with SFCA's Deputy Chief Executive, James Kewin on the Funding Impact SurveyHalf of sixth forms forced to drop modern languages, EdexecGovernment consults on plans to withdraw funding for applied generals including BTECs, FE Week
Government consults on plans to withdraw funding for BTECs, Schools Week
DfE launches crackdown on post-16 courses, TESGibb hints at 16-18 funding boost in spending review, TES
AoC increases funding rate demands after crunching the T-level numbers, FE Week
Cash-strapped sixth forms dropping language A-levels, The WeekHalf of sixth forms cut language courses, TES Funding impact survey exposes cuts to mental health and careers support, Fe WeekCatholic sixth forms suffer 'double discrimination', TESMinister says write to me about shortage of money, Henley StandardNew mental health taskforce created to support students, The Mancunion
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