News

Tripling traineeships: Tender to launch next week as clock ticks on £111m boost

A hotly-anticipated application process to widen the provider-base for 19 to 24 traineeships will finally be launched next week....

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Apprentices stuck in limbo as Covid hits functional skills tests

Thousands of apprentices are “stuck in limbo” as awarding bodies struggle to adapt their functional skills assessments in the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Number 10 is driving FE reform too fast and will blame the DfE when the wheels fall off

This week the Department for Education was thrown in to the back seat as the prime minister grabbed the...

Billy Camden
NICK LINFORD
News

Education secretary makes ‘guarantee’ T Levels will be ‘available’ to adults in future

T Levels will be an option for adults of any age to study as part of the government’s new...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

‘Outstanding’ providers set for Ofsted inspections next year – but may face 6-year wait

‘Outstanding’ schools, colleges and training providers are set to be inspected again when Ofsted inspections resume next year –...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

ESFA refuses to rule out funding clawback for ‘under delivery’

Controversial plans to clawback some of this year’s unspent adult education budget grant funding are back on the cards,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Prime minister Boris Johnson’s speech on adult skills: The full text

There are many reasons to – for me I should say – to come here to Exeter College –...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

PM to announce major ‘expansion’ in FE funding for adults

Adults over the age of 23 in England without a full level 3 qualification will be offered one for...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Who is the first chair of the skills and productivity board?

An executive vice president at international broadcaster Sky has been appointed as chair of the Department for Education’s new...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden