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New education secretary commits to Stourbridge College sell-off meeting

The education secretary has committed to meeting with principals around Stourbridge to discuss how further education can continue in...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Wake up call to reverse cuts in lifelong learning

For more than twenty years Learning and Work Institute has been surveying adults to ask if they are taking...

Billy Camden
Stephen Evans
News

ESFA to demand actual off-the-job training hour data for every apprentice

Yet another data field for logging apprentices’ off-the-job training hours will be introduced to individual learner records (ILR) from...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Large employers lose access to £96 million of apprenticeship funding in just two months

Employers lost access to £44 million of their apprenticeship levy funds in July, and £52 million in August, the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Nearly 300 jobs lost as college group officially downsizes

One of England’s largest college groups is officially closing down its two private training providers – meaning nearly 300...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

College calls in the police after principal targeted by ‘ethical hacker’

Police have been called in after a college’s principal was targeted in a malicious hack in which fraudsters allegedly...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Reviewer of college financial oversight ‘welcomes’ sector views after ESFA blunder

College leaders are being asked for their views on the ESFA’s oversight of financial management – after the FE...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Meet the unpaid temporary minister helping cover the FE brief

The Department for Education has announced that Michelle Donelan will take over Kemi Badenoch’s brief as she goes on...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Spending review: Extra £10m for ESOL courses

An additional £10 million will be released by the Treasury to teach English to those who speak it as...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden