Apprenticeships

Revealed: DfE’s special payments to providers after funding blunder

Wheels in motion for convoy of claims after unprecedented payouts

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

£31k FE teacher training bursaries to continue in 2026-27

Experts say bursaries are 'very effective for recruiting more teachers and retaining additional teachers long-term' amid Labour's 6.5k pledge

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Politics

Starmer swerves a deadline for headline ‘two-thirds’ target

'If there’s no date for people to work towards, then it’s just a vague aspiration', says ex-SpAd

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

FE to get ‘extra £800m’ next year as Starmer ‘scraps’ 50% uni target

PM replaces Blair’s mantra with a new goal that includes FE and apprenticeships and teases post-16 white paper plans

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

McFadden: Youth guarantee will have ‘more opportunity’ than the YTS

Work and pensions secretary pledges to make the new policy ‘more attractive’ than the previous youth training scheme

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Multiverse leads rivals with stellar apprenticeship revenue haul

Blair's provider rocketed up the ranks in 2023-24, while Paragon entered the top 10, new data shows

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Ofsted launches search for new post-16 and skills boss

Permanent replacement for Paul Joyce will join watchdog after inspection reform rollout

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Ofsted reform: DfE commits to ‘pragmatic’ intervention approach

Officials will seek sector views before deciding on accountability measures under new-style report cards

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Pair of Swiss-owned training providers suddenly close

Thousands of apprentices affected as Woodspeen Training and Jarvis Training Management announce insolvency

Billy Camden
Billy Camden