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Entrepreneur tops MBA apprenticeship table with £3m starts in September

  The controversial level 7 senior leader apprenticeship has again hit the headlines in recent days, after the education…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Broker offering subcontracting deal for ‘completed’ 16-18 sport trainees

A learner find firm is attempting to broker a subcontracting deal for 16 to 18-year-old trainees who have already…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Cashing in on MBA apprentices: CMI income rockets as CEO pockets £66,500 bonus

It is boom time at the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), a charity with a turnover last year of £15…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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UK colleges remain open in Coronavirus ‘delay’ phase as France and Ireland set to close

Closing schools and colleges at this stage in the spread of the coronavirus epidemic could do “more harm than…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Minister promises ‘significant funding’ in ‘coming year’ for SME apprenticeships, claims AELP

New skills minister Gillian Keegan has pledged “significant funding” for additional small business apprenticeships in the “coming year”, the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Revealed: DfE finds small employers now account for just 27% of apprenticeship starts

The Department for Education has this morning published “analysis looking at the impact of the introduction of the apprenticeship…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Treasury pours cold water on hopes for extra SME apprenticeship funding

Hopes for new apprenticeship funding have been swiftly crushed after the Treasury confirmed that today’s budget offers no extra…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Budget DOES include manifesto promise of extra £4bn of FE funding in England

The chancellor has confirmed the Conservative manifesto commitments for FE, including a £1.5 billion boost to upgrade college buildings…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Coronavirus: ‘Break in learning’ rule suspended for affected apprentices

The government will allow apprentices to have a “break in learning” if they cannot be assessed due to the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted watch: Grade 3 confirmed for London’s mega-college

One of the largest college group’s in England had its grade three from Ofsted confirmed, in what was otherwise…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Controversial MBAs prove a hit in Whitehall departments

Whitehall is lapping up the MBA apprenticeship that the education secretary Gavin Williamson is “unconvinced” provides value for money,…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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2,500 learners affected as provider goes bust

A training provider with more than 2,500 learners has entered administration, FE Week has learned. Progress to Excellence Ltd…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu

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Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps

Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Frances Read
Apprenticeships

Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse

ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut

Billy Camden
Billy Camden