Author: Billy Camden

Dame Asha Khemka has left her role as an Institute for Apprenticeships board member, following her resignation from West Nottinghamshire College earlier this month. The high-profile former principal had the backing of the institute just two weeks ago when a spokesperson said she “remains a valued member” of its board just days after she departed […]

London’s mayor will host a party to celebrate taking control of the capital’s adult education budget next year – where he’ll lay out ambitions for making his skills system the “envy of the world”. From September 2019, the Greater London Authority will have its annual £311 million AEB devolved. Mayor Sadiq Khan has big plans […]

The Construction Industry Training Board has struck a new deal to work with colleges after concerns were raised that its “reverse subcontracting” proposal would have broken funding rules. The updated contract for non-levy apprenticeships could still see colleges paying the CITB around £1,600 per learner – but this is about half of what was originally […]

The government has agreed to pay the wages of around 40 staff from apprenticeship giant Aspire Achieve Advance until the end of the month, even though the company ceased trading last week. Nearly 500 people lost their jobs on October 11 as the provider, better known as 3aaa, had its funding withdrawn by the Education […]

The principal of another struggling college has resigned with immediate effect. Terry Jones (pictured) had been in charge of Peterborough Regional College since July 2015 but today stood down after agreeing with the board that a “different skill set is now required”. He will however stay on as the college’s chief executive until the end […]

The skills minister declared herself to be “pleased and excited” to be at the Federation of Awarding Bodies annual conference, as she made good on the government’s promise to reset its relationship with the federation following its aborted legal challenge this summer. Speaking on the first day of the event, held in Leicester on October […]

The skills minister met with the Institute for Apprenticeships’ panel of apprentices for the first time yesterday, a year and a half after it was established. Anne Milton met 13 members of the 21-strong panel during a special meeting at the Houses of Parliament where she consulted them on the “challenges” they have experienced with […]

A college that sold its main campus to make way for housing has apologised for the “shameful behaviours of past management” following an independent review into the controversial sell-off. The site on Wornington Road, one of Kensington and Chelsea College’s two main campuses, was sold for £25.3 million to the Royal Borough of Kensington and […]