News

NCG deficit hits £11m after axing pair of ‘poor-quality’ training providers

One of England’s largest college groups spent close to £4 million on ‘Project Apple’ to shut two training arms...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Halfon: FE must recognise ‘step forward’ in funding even if it’s not a ‘giant leap’

The FE sector needs to recognise that government has “made a step forward, even if it may not be...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Two strong appointments with Halfon and Wolf – but still no FE minister

This week two powerful advocates of the further education sector were appointed to influential roles within Whitehall. On Monday,...

Billy Camden
Nick Linford
News

Will Alison Wolf persuade the Treasury and PM to levy smaller employers?

The apprenticeship levy could be in for a shake-up, following the appointment of Baroness Alison Wolf to the policy...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

11% of 15-18s encouraged to take up an apprenticeship

One in ten 15 to 18-year-olds are being encouraged to take up an apprenticeship by their schoolteachers, a new...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion, Sponsored post

Sponsored: What are learners telling us about how they want to engage with learning – access, flexibility, unlocking talent and realising aspirations

Last week at BETT I had the pleasure of sharing the results of Pearson’s Global Learner Survey 2019 –...

Billy Camden
Cindy Rampersaud
Opinion

Immigration, skills and the economy after Brexit – both government and employers are missing the point

The government and business lobby groups need to get their act together when it comes to both immigration and...

Billy Camden
JOHN COPE
News

ESFA demands final off-the-job hour data to ‘support the work of audit’

A new field is set to be introduced to individual learner records (ILR) to support government audits of apprenticeship...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Robert Halfon re-elected as education committee chair

Robert Halfon has been re-elected unopposed as the chair of the Parliamentary education committee. The Conservative MP’s re-election was...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden