Author: Billy Camden

Highbury College has dropped two grades from ‘outstanding’ in an Ofsted report that brands its teaching “uninspiring” and raises concern over low attendance. The verdict was a serious blow to a heavily criticised leadership team led by Stella Mbubaegbu (pictured above), who maintains that the college has “already embarked on our journey back to ‘outstanding’”. […]

Finding new work for apprentices left jobless in the wake of the collapse of Carillion cost the government around £3 million, a National Audit Office report has revealed. A total of 1,148 trainee bricklayers, carpenters and builders suddenly found themselves out of work when the outsourcing giant went into liquidation on January 15. A rescue […]

The Department for Education exceeded its own target for recruiting apprentices last year. Ever since the apprenticeship levy was launched last April, public-sector bodies have been obliged to make sure at least 2.3 per cent of their workforce start and apprenticeship every year. One year on and the DfE has met the target and then […]

London will shift its adult education budget payment model away from funding qualifications towards wider outcomes such as progression into work, its first ever skills strategy has confirmed. The mayor Sadiq Khan unveiled the final plan in the launch of his ‘Skills for Londoners’ strategy today, ahead of the Greater London Authority’s takeover of the […]

The government is preparing to launch its consultation on the design and development of the revamped register of apprenticeship training providers. Employers and providers have been denied the opportunity to win a place on to RoATP ever since the third and most recent application window shut at the end of October. The application process has […]

A £3 million department created by the Greater London Authority using part of the capital’s adult education budget will also be used to lobby for control of 16-to-18 funding. The plans were revealed in a job description for one of the top roles in the new AEB team, seen by FE Week, and have attracted […]

Industrial action at the largest college group in London has come to an end after Capital City College Group offered staff a “modest, non-consolidated payment” and more secure contracts. University and College Union members at the group’s three campuses – City and Islington College, Westminster Kingsway College, and the College of Haringey, Enfield and North […]

The skills minister has told the Institute for Apprenticeships to get “faster and better” at approving apprenticeship standards. Anne Milton’s request appeared in a document called “strategic guidance to the Institute for Apprenticeships”, published today. FE Week revealed two weeks ago that the institute approved just four standards throughout April and 10 in March, down […]

The Institute for Apprenticeships has begun the recruitment process for membership to its 15 occupational route panels. The groups are being created to lead the review and approval of new apprenticeship standards and technical qualifications. They will be in addition to the panels set up by the Department for Education for T-levels, but once the […]