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Funding agency ‘pause’ planned audits during Covid-19 lockdown

All planned routine funding audits of FE providers have been put on hold, the government confirmed today. The Education...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Building the future – helping the West Midlands through the coronavirus outbreak

The mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority explains why they have been quick to act on cabinet office...

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ANDY STREET
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Applications to apprenticeship provider register to be suspended

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has today announced they will stop accepting applications to the controversial register of...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Colleges set to furlough staff through Covid-19 job retention scheme

Colleges across England are identifying staff that could be eligible for an 80 per cent wage subsidy from the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE won’t force colleges to stay open during Easter to support the vulnerable

The government “cannot require” colleges to remain open over the Easter holidays amid the Covid-19 outbreak, the Association of...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Supplier relief: Deal to pay private training providers with no course delivery for next three months

Training providers in the West Midlands will continue to be funded for the next three months irrespective of their...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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AoC: ‘It might help’ if colleges given access to DfE free meal vouchers

“It might help” colleges if they were allowed to access the government’s new free school meal vouchers scheme, their...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofqual seeks apprenticeship director to lead new ‘field team’

Ofqual is hiring a director to lead a new apprenticeships team that will be “operating in the field” as...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Troubled HS2 college spent £73K on failed Ofsted legal challenge

The beleaguered National College for HS2 blew £73,000 on a failed legal attempt at stopping Ofsted publishing a grade...

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Billy Camden