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AELP calls for one-off £8.6bn post-pandemic skills package

The government should set aside an extra £8.6 billion for a one-off skills package to “reboot” the economy post-Covid-19,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Switching off frameworks before standard ready is ‘right decision’, says IfATE boss

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education fully backed the ministerial decision to stick with the switch-off date for...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

ETF discounts cost and reduces eligibility criteria for Advanced Teacher Status qualification

The Education and Training Foundation is handing out 100 discounts worth £500 each to boost the number of FE...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE seeks 16 senior policy advisers ahead of FE ‘revolution’

The Department for Education is drafting in a group of new policy experts as it gears up for “revolutionary”...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Sally Dicketts announced as AoC president-elect

The chief executive of one of England’s largest college groups has been announced as the next president of the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Terminated: ESFA bin apprenticeship providers for low achievement rates

Apprenticeship providers have been left shocked after the Education and Skills Funding Agency ignored their own coronavirus deferral policy...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Labour ‘concerned’ and brand promise of an apprenticeship guarantee a ‘deception’

Labour’s shadow apprenticeships minister has branded the prime minister’s “apprenticeship guarantee” proposal a “deception”. Toby Perkins told FE Week...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Revealed: Apprenticeship training providers paid biggest slice of levy funds

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has for the first time revealed the training providers that have been paid...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Did the Prime Minister promise an ‘apprenticeship guarantee’? This is why it is needed post Covid-19

Prime minister Boris Johnson last night told the nation that young people “should be guaranteed an apprenticeship” as part...

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