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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
Opinion

Coronavirus jobs plan must support quality training and be more than a gangplank to the dole

We need to avoid a fiasco of schemes like Train to Gain when rolling out the Covid-19 jobs and...

Billy Camden
TOM BEWICK
News

Government to reveal plans this autumn to create an employer led ‘German-style’ FE system

Education secretary Gavin Williamson will today pledge that the upcoming White Paper for further education will lead to a...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Speed read: What the chancellor’s summer statement promised for FE and skills

Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered a summer statement today in which he outlined the government’s “plan for jobs” to tackle...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

‘Kickstarter’ young employees cannot also be apprentices, Treasury confirms

Young people who take part in the government’s £2 billion “kickstart” scheme cannot also be apprentices, the Treasury has...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE will allow adults to return to class from next Monday

Colleges and training providers can welcome back “priority” adult learners from July 13, the Department for Education has announced...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden