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DfE to run awareness campaign as part of ‘major’ reforms to higher technical qualifications

A new public awareness campaign to boost the popularity of higher technical education is to be launched by government...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

FE’s time has come – the mainstream media should celebrate this

Ann Limb urges the media to put further and adult education in the spotlight and the funding of skills...

Billy Camden
ANN LIMB
News

Cabinet Office blocked T-level ads during lockdown

The Cabinet Office blocked the Department for Education from promoting T-levels during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite first delivery of...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Treasury took back £330m of apprenticeships funding in 19-20

The Department for Education quietly handed back £330 million of the 2019-20 apprenticeships budget to the Treasury, FE Week...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

New Ofsted chair announced

A former chief inspector for the Independent Schools Inspectorate has been appointed as Ofsted’s next chair. Dame Christine Ryan...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Providers ‘seriously concerned’ that Kickstart will displace apprenticeships

Training providers are “seriously concerned” that wage subsidies as part of the new £2.5 billion Kickstart scheme will displace...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

ESFA director of funding poached by Cabinet Office

The Education and Skills Funding Agency’s first overall director of funding – appointed just last year to oversee a...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Disappointing: Sunak’s skills package dodges the issues

The measures announced this week by the chancellor fail to address the key skills challenges the government faces, writes...

Billy Camden
TOBY PERKINS
News

Gavin Williamson’s speech on FE reform: The full text

Hello. It is a great pleasure to be here with you today and I’d like to thank not only...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden