Opinion

Scrapping employer fees would be a mistake

We revealed this week that the government is considering a U-turn on apprenticeship employer fees. Since May last year,...

Billy Camden
Nick Linford
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NHS starts fall despite apprenticeships push

The number of National Health Service apprenticeship starts fell by more than a fifth last year despite a plan...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Trouble ahead for NCG with anticipated grade three from Ofsted

The largest college group in the country is to be dropped from the government’s final bidding round for Institutes...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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The big interview: NCG chair Peter Lauener

NCG has been in the headlines lately, what with the visits from Ofsted, its falling achievement rates, mass redundancies,...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE estimates colleges with financial warnings will nearly triple to 100

The number of colleges with financial warnings will nearly triple to 100 over the next 10 years, the government...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Now the National Audit Office is sniffing around T-levels

T-levels will be watched for “potential for losses and fruitless payments” according to the comptroller-general at the National Audit...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Troubled colleges handed financial health notices and minimum standards breaches

Three financial health notices and two breaches of minimum standard college reports have been published by the Department for...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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UCU strikes end at New City College with new pay deal

Staff at one of London’s larger college groups will earn a one-off payment and a minor annual salary increase...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Provider bites back at ‘factually inaccurate’ Ofsted monitoring report

An apprenticeship provider has hit out at how Ofsted conducted an early monitoring visit, and said the ensuing report...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden