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ESF social enterprise Fifteen Cornwall wins international award
This month Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Cornwall won a top award at the Europe wide RegioStars 2014 run by the European Commission.
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Traineeships can provide young people with the skills employers want
A new poll indicates that traineeships can give young people the skills and work experience to help them get a job.
Driving the Innovation Code into action
New and emerging technologies often require innovation in skills delivery. Gateshead College has certainly embraced this vision with the...
Brathay apprentice challenge 2014: finalists announced
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced the finalists for the apprentice team of the year.
Over 95% of schools in England use the learning records service
Over 95% of schools in England have now registered to use the learning records service to get unique learner numbers for their pupils.
National job confidence increases in line with economic recovery
The third National Careers Service job confidence index, released today (28 March 2014), shows the nation’s job confidence is increasing.
Latest
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SFA: payments and data
- updated 17 April 2014
- Guidance
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Individualised Learner Record (ILR): sources of data
- updated 17 April 2014
- Guidance
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SFA update: issue 204 (16 April 2014)
- published 16 April 2014
- Correspondence
What we do
We fund skills training for further education (FE) in England. We support over 1,000 colleges, private training organisations, and employers with more than £4 billion of funding each year.
SFA is an executive agency of the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.
We work on these topics
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Further education and skills
The government aims to make sure that further education provides the skilled workforce employers need and helps individuals reach their full potential. Read more
Documents
Our announcements
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ESF social enterprise Fifteen Cornwall wins international award
- 16 April 2014
- News story
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Traineeships can provide young people with the skills employers want
- 11 April 2014
- News story
Our publications
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SFA: payments and data
- 17 April 2014
- Guidance
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Individualised Learner Record (ILR): sources of data
- 17 April 2014
- Guidance
Our statistics
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SFA: national success rates tables 2012/13: open data CSV files
- 16 April 2014
- Statistics - national statistics
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Further education and skills: open data CSV files
- 10 April 2014
- Statistics - national statistics
Our management
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Barbara Spicer
Interim Chief Executive, Skills Funding Agency
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Julie Robson
Director, Growth, Skills Funding Agency
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Keith Smith
Director, Funding and Programmes, Skills Funding Agency
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Marinos Paphitis
Director, Provider Management, Skills Funding Agency
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Paul McGuire
Director, Operations, Skills Funding Agency
Contact SFA
Office address
Cheylesmore House
Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
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