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AELP turns to lawyers after minister claims apprenticeship providers ineligible for supplier relief

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers will seek formal legal advice to challenge the government’s decision to exclude...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

FE needs an independent pay panel, says report

An independent panel for FE pay should be formed to help fix the disparity between technical lecturer salaries and...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE fears not all providers able to submit funding data

The monthly data return to claim FE funding, known as the individualised learner record (ILR), need only be returned...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE to launch online portal for colleges to apply for free student laptops

Thousands of disadvantaged students across the country are being offered free laptops and tablets to continue learning at home...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
AEB

DfE concedes AEB and apprenticeship funded providers ‘may be eligible for support’ in new guidance

Adult education and apprenticeship funded training providers “may be eligible for support” in line with the Cabinet Office’s supplier...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE publishes furlough rules for colleges and training providers

The government has this evening published their rules for furloughing staff for colleges and training providers. Here they are...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

NHS opens coronavirus testing sites on college car parks

College car parks are being transformed into coronavirus testing centres for NHS and care sector workers. Hopwood Hall College,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Despite constraints, flexibility means assessment of apprentices can go on

Assessing apprentices in lockdown conditions presents unique challenges but collaboration and flexibility will ensure disruption is kept to a...

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Rob Nitsch
News

AoC launches national esports football tournament

A national tournament that will see college students face-off against their peers in FIFA games for the first time...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden