News

Reeves puts the ‘squeeze’ on big employers with budget levy tweaks 

Chancellor warned that trio of reforms 'risks dampening appetite among levy-paying organisations already dealing with rising hiring, pension and...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

‘We’re not diluting apprenticeships’: Skills England deputy hits back at assessment reform backlash

'It’s not about reducing competency. It’s not about dumbing down – you have my word on that.'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Training Providers

Remit Training sale puts new owners in the driving seat

The 'outstanding' training provider was acquired this week

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Interview: David Gallagher elected chair of FAB

NCFE chief outlines his priorities to help awarding bodies weather a storm of reform

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Budget 2025

Budget 2025: Free training extended to under 25 apprentices in SMEs

Chancellor also reveals levy funding changes for big businesses and announces youth guarantee will be backed with £820m over...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships

More employer groups gear up to fight assessment shake-up that 'risks damaging the brand and driving employers away'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

New Ofsted inspection process is FE sector’s ‘chance to shine’, says Oliver

Watchdog also reveals it will publish first report cards in batches ‘so no one feels exposed’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
NEETs

Milburn must ‘join the dots’ to help NEETs

Experts urge independent review to 'break down the policy silos'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Degree apprenticeships less accessible to disadvantaged young people than Russell Group unis

Research reignites warnings that the route risks becoming 'another middle-class preserve'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden