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Apprenticeship starts continue to plummet since lockdown, new data reveals

Apprenticeship starts have dropped by almost half since lockdown compared to the same period last year, according to new...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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College sector could lose £2bn out of £7bn next year, claims AoC boss

Total income across colleges in England could fall by £2 billion next year as the “enormous impact” of Covid-19...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

The reformed apprenticeship system need not fail the young and disadvantaged

It should come as no surprise that the reformed apprenticeship system has been found to be failing young disadvantaged...

Billy Camden
NICK LINFORD
News

EU students to be barred from FE loans next year

Students from the European Union will lose eligibility for advanced learner loans from August next year, the government confirmed...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

FE colleges to fully reopen in September is the ‘intention’, says PM

It is the government’s “intention” to get colleges “back in September”, the prime minister said today after announcing that...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Treasury excluded colleges from £1bn catch-up fund just hours before DfE announcement

It was the Treasury’s decision to pull colleges from the Department for Education’s £1 billion Covid-19 catch-up plan, FE...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Revealed: The 22 areas sharing £2m in careers hubs funding

Almost 900 additional schools and colleges will join the government’s careers hubs from September as the programme expands with...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

ESFA finally reveals Covid financial support offer for 16-19 private training providers

Private training providers whose recruitment of 16 to 19 students has been “limited” due to Covid-19 have been offered...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

FE snubbed in ‘corrected’ DfE £1bn catch-up plans

The government is facing fierce criticism for snubbing colleges from its £1 billion Covid-19 “catch-up” package after appearing to...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden