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ESFA WON’T ban new apprenticeship providers with poor AEB provision found in monitoring visits

The government will not ban new apprenticeship providers from recruiting adult learners if they’re making ‘insufficient progress’ in that...

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DfE plans National Colleges evaluation to avoid repeating mistakes with Institutes of Technology

The government is going to evaluate its troubled National Colleges policy to identify what has gone wrong with the...

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Broker offered 3aaa staff £200 for apprentice referrals – but admits it was a ‘bad idea’

A broker has admitted it was a “bad idea” to offer cash to former staff of Aspire Achieve Advance...

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Billy Camden
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DfE reopens £15m strategic college improvement fund before finalising first round

Colleges are being invited to bid for cash in a new round of the strategic college improvement fund –...

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Providers warned their funding could be pulled following 3aaa staff and apprentice poaching

Multiple training providers have attempted to poach staff and apprentices from the now-defunct Aspire Achieve Advance using underhand tactics...

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Billy Camden
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DfE accused of wasting public money with new £10m ‘register of external experts’

The Department for Education will spend £10 million on 200 “external experts” to advise it on policy areas including...

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Ofsted boss backs calls for more 16-to-18 cash to combat falling standards

Ofsted’s chief inspector has offered her “strong view” that 16-to-18 funding should be increased in the forthcoming spending review,...

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Principal steps down at college group to ‘expedite’ government bailout

The head of a college in severe financial trouble has resigned from his post with immediate effect to “expedite”...

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Treasury backtrack on April apprenticeship fee cut start date

The Treasury has thrown the start date into doubt for when the 10-per-cent fee that small businesses pay when...

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Billy Camden