Author: Billy Camden

The head of a college in severe financial trouble has resigned from his post with immediate effect to “expedite” its government bailout. An email, seen by FE Week, was sent to staff at Cornwall College Group yesterday announcing that the board of governors had accepted the resignation of Raoul Humphreys (pictured). It is understood that […]

The Treasury has thrown the start date into doubt for when the 10-per-cent fee that small businesses pay when they take on apprentices will be halved. Chancellor Philip Hammond announced yesterday during his Budget speech that SMEs will only have to contribute 5 per cent to the training of their apprentices, as part of further […]

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has revealed plans to tighten up rules for training providers wanting to get onto its apprenticeships register and kick off those who aren’t delivering. Keith Smith (pictured), the agency’s director of apprenticeships, told the AELP autumn conference today that the new beefed up Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers will […]

The 10-per-cent fee that small businesses must pay when they take on apprentices will be halved, the chancellor has announced. Philip Hammond (pictured) told the Commons today that SMEs must now only contribute 5 per cent to the training, as part of a “£695 million package to support apprenticeships”. The Treasury originally told FE Week […]

The national minimum wage for apprentices will rise again in April, from £3.70 to £3.90 per hour, the chancellor announced in his budget statement today. The 20 pence extra is a 5.4 per cent rise and follows last year’s increase from £3.50, after Philip Hammond accepted recommendations from the independent Low Pay Commission. The jump […]

The Greater London Authority has become the first devolved area to launch a tender for its adult education budget. Its procurement, worth an initial £130 million over four years, went live on Saturday and will run for two months until December 21. London’s indicative total AEB is £311 million per year, although the final amount […]

The government has approved around £330 million to cover the cost of implementing post-area review changes so far. The figure, which amounts to 45 per cent of the £726 million on offer, was revealed in the latest Education and Skills Funding Agency progress report on the restructuring facility, which closed last month. Although it is […]

Apprenticeship starts for July are down 43 per cent on the same month in 2016 – but up 21 per cent on last year. There have been 25,200 starts recorded so far in July 2018, compared with 44,100 in June 2016 according to the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s monthly apprenticeship statistics update, published this […]

Former apprenticeship provider Aspire Achieve Advance has been placed into compulsory liquidation, after a High Court Judge accepted a winding up petition brought before the court earlier today. The directors of the company, better known as 3aaa, submitted a winding up petition against itself last week. It follows the training provider closing its doors earlier […]