Apprenticeships

Management apprenticeships on the chopping block, minister confirms

Government gears up to tell employers which apprenticeships 'aren't appropriate for public funding'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

‘Tight group’ of apprenticeship units to launch in April

'Paltry' initial short course offer expected to focus on engineering/construction and AI

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship budget top-up piles cost pressure on ministers

Mid-year adjustment to 2025-26 allocation reinforces warnings the system is operating on increasingly fine margins

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

£1.5m emergency funding as Newbury considers merger

Cashflow pressure has been eased while the FE Commissioner reviews the college's long-term future

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE considers BTEC defunding delay

Transition plan to new V Levels set to be published alongside level 3 and below pathways consultation response in...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Marples handed bill for DfE’s legal costs

Million-pound sums highlight how legal action against government is out of reach for most training providers

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Young people

More digging of foundation apprenticeships needed after just 36 starts

2 of the 7 new foundation standards failed to recruit a single apprentice between August and October

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Awarding

FAB elects Tim Bennett-Hart as next chair

He will succeed Charlotte Bosworth on February 10 - and will be joined by Kelle McQuade as vice chair

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Employer fears spread over apprenticeship ‘streamlining’

Ministers vow to work 'intensively with business on the right balance' as they stress that no decisions have been...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden