Opinion

FE loans are broken – so what’s the fix?

Justine Greening wants to tell you about T-levels, which in truth appear to be going nowhere fast or somewhere...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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ESFA breaks its promise to audit untested providers

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has missed its own deadline to make sure new providers approved to deliver...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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NHS ‘reviews’ Learndirect Apprenticeships’ status as a provider

An apprenticeship provider created by the owners of Learndirect last year could be kicked off the purchasing system used by...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Festival of Learning award winners named

A refugee who fled Afghanistan alone at the age of 16 has been crowned ‘outstanding individual learner’ at this...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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AELP calls on government to fund level two apprenticeships in full

Level two apprenticeships should be fully funded by the government at every age group, the AELP has said. This...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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ETF tenders new FE training programme for future CEOs

Half a million pounds is on offer to run a new leadership training programme for senior FE managers looking...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Two thirds of loan-funded learners from collapsed providers still lack alternative provision

Over two thirds of learners from providers that have collapsed – leaving them with huge loan debt but no...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Damning evidence mounts against DfE over Learndirect

The Department for Education did not launch a funding audit of Learndirect at the end of March, even though...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted exposes rule breach over unemployed apprentices

An ‘inadequate’ community learning provider has been caught breaching government funding rules, after Ofsted found most of its construction...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden