News

Minimum standards to be scrapped as part of earlier and stronger intervention regime

The Education and Skills Funding Agency is going to scrap its minimum standards policy as part of an earlier...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

New ‘triggers’ for government intervention in colleges revealed

Colleges that experience “serious” cash flow pressures, breach bank covenants, or have significantly delayed accounts will be placed into...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Alert raised on the high volume of ‘tie-breaks’ in latest ESF tendering process

Further questions are being asked about the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s recent European Social Fund tender, after FE...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Grade one college chief executive says sorry after dodgy data exposed

The chief executive of a grade one college has apologised after an audit exposed data manipulation that resulted in...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Apprenticeship off-the-job calculation change? Wait for further clarification

There has been some confusion about the off-the-job training funding rule since it was introduced for all apprenticeship starts...

Billy Camden
Nick Linford
News

Apprenticeship quality not improving, says Ofsted chief inspector

The quality of apprenticeships is “sticking” instead of moving forward, according to Ofsted’s chief inspector who today urged the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Monthly apprenticeships update: January starts up 15% but down 21% on 2017

Apprenticeship starts for January are up 15 per cent on last year but down 21 per cent on the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

ESFA says 30 hour cap to off-the-job calculation has always been in funding rules

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has insisted that an apparent change it made to the off-the-job training policy...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Annual Apprenticeships Conference 2019 gets underway

Colleges, training providers and employers have flooded to Birmingham for the Annual Apprenticeships Conference (AAC) 2019 which officially gets...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden