Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

College silent about exit of principal before Ofsted visit

Staff 'left in the dark' by 'ongoing absence' of Burnley boss

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Reckless FE leaders must be dealt with in public, says MP

The MP for the first college to go insolvent spoke about 'lessons learned' from the process in Parliament

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Principal warns of ‘significant redundancies’ amid DfE intervention

Cashflow pressures bite at Hampshire college that will impact its 1,000-strong workforce

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

FE Commissioner tells ‘inadequate’ college to rebuild reputation

The Cumbrian college is weighing up whether to remain standalone or merge amid falling student numbers

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Eureka! Science trainer given Ofsted’s highest grade

Inspectorate full of praise for 500 learner-strong Birmingham-based provider's curriculum and teaching

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
T Levels

T Levels will hit sustainable levels ‘by 2029’ 

DfE officials 'confident' of hitting new forecasts after huge shortfall in early years of the qualification's rollout

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Replace level 2s with foundation apprenticeships, says report

Uni VC claims 'many' level 2 apprenticeships have 'not offered high-quality training, nor been sufficiently accessible to potential learners'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
T Levels

‘Disappointment’ as T Levels funding rate uplift halved

Decision comes weeks after the NAO revealed a £688m underspend on the total T Level budget

Billy Camden
Billy Camden