News

Provider shuts its doors to hundreds of young engineering apprentices

A training provider has laid off all 30 staff and shut its door to hundreds of young engineering apprentices,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE to pay employers £750 for every T-level industry placement

Employers will be offered cash incentives of up to £750 per student on a T-level industry placement from September,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Greater London Authority admin for adult education rises to nearly £5m

The cost of managing and administering the adult education budget for the Greater London Authority has shot up to...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE publish guidance on fully opening FE to young people and adults from September

The Department for Education has this morning published guidance on what FE colleges and providers will “need to do”...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Answering the call for digital skills excellence

With the government setting out its plans for infrastructure investment and skills, we need to better prepare for a...

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NEIL BENTLEY-GOCKMANN
News

Leicester College takes ‘difficult decision to close’ in local lockdown

Leicester College is to close from today as part of the country’s first localised lockdown following a flare-up of...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Federation of Awarding Bodies chair and vice-chair to step down

Paul Eeles and Terry Fennell, the chair and vice-chair of the Federation of Awarding Bodies respectively, are to step...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

ESFA to force ‘significant’ reductions to FE subcontracting by 2022/23

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has confirmed it will apply a cap on the volume of subcontracting as...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

PM promises ‘every young person’ the ‘chance of an apprenticeship or an in-work placement’

The prime minister has promised to offer an “opportunity guarantee” that will give “every young person the chance of...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden