News Sunak to scrap SME co-investment for young apprentices PM will also increase apprenticeship levy transfers up to 50% Billy Camden 22h Billy Camden 22h Apprenticeships Who cares? Funding boost won’t spark renaissance in care apprenticeships Nearly 200 training providers have stopped delivering care apprenticeships since 2019 Shane Chowen 1d Shane Chowen 1d T Levels Exclusive DfE could step in if T Level fee hikes hit college budgets Awarding bodies can charge colleges higher fees if gen 2 T Levels under-recruit Shane Chowen 3d Shane Chowen 3d Advanced British Standard, Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DfE puts 40 staff on Advanced British Standard ‘vanity project’ ‘To say this is the wrong priority is an understatement, and smacks of rearranging the deckchairs while the Titanic… Freddie Whittaker 4d Freddie Whittaker 4d Colleges Procurement paused on college antisemitism training Procurement of £7 million to tackle antisemitism in education now has “arbitrary” closing date of 2030 Anviksha Patel 4d Anviksha Patel 4d News Exclusive West of England’s LEP funding withheld amid political infighting WECA is the only mayoral combined authority that has not integrated its local enterprise partnership Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d News Exclusive Grady accepts bumper UCU pay hike to pay libel fees General secretary uses annual fighting fund donation to pay damages Anviksha Patel 4d Anviksha Patel 4d Training Providers Chamber and training provider suddenly shuts down St Helen’s Chamber called in administrators this afternoon after a ‘perfect storm’ of financial issues Shane Chowen 4d Shane Chowen 4d Sponsored post Sponsored A new chapter in education protection! Gallagher is a specialist in the Further Education sector, working with over 75% of Further Education colleges in the… Advertorial 5d Gallagher 5d Colleges Exclusive Holiday pay guidance reviewed amid fears colleges could be left out of pocket Law firms say mistake in government guidance could lead some colleges to pay more than they should Freddie Whittaker 6d Freddie Whittaker 6d Colleges College lecturer wrongfully sacked over ‘vengeful’ misconduct claims Tribunal finds Halesowen College failed to carry out a full investigation before sacking esports lecturer Anviksha Patel 6d Anviksha Patel 6d Transgender guidance Education sector sounds the alarm over transgender guidance Calls for government to back schools and colleges in legal cases, fears guidance clashes with safeguarding rules and isn’t… FE Week Reporter 6d FE Week Reporter 6d 1 2 3 4 5 6 745 Older Must read Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Apprenticeships Exclusive Treasury announces £3k top-up for 13 ‘growth sector’ apprenticeships Training providers will have to deliver a minimum number of starts to access the cash Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive DfE set to surrender £60m apprenticeship cash in 2023-24 Just 2% of total ring-fenced budget expected to be handed back to Treasury Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Next 3 stories Apprenticeships, Ofsted Exclusive New Ofsted chief had ‘outdated’ view of apprenticeships as school head Sir Martyn Oliver talked up careers guidance in his sector debut at AAC 2024 Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w T Levels Exclusive Employers warned years ago that hairdressing T Levels wouldn’t cut it Businesses flagged concerns with placements and standards early in the process – but officials overruled Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Long read, Training Providers Long read Interview: Meet AELP’s new CEO, Ben Rowland Ben Rowland has just finished his first week as chief executive of the Association for Employment and Learning Providers…. Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo