Author: Billy Camden

Learndirect Apprenticeships Ltd has been removed from part of the purchasing system used by London hospitals, following a joint FE Week and Financial Times investigation. Last month, FE Week analysis revealed multiple irregularities in a tender application to deliver apprenticeships at a London hospital that was submitted by LDA, a company owned and operated by the […]

Funding increases in adult education budget contracts for private providers will be paid from the massive underspend on adult training last year. The government announced a U-turn on AEB funding for independent training organisations on Friday, just a few hours after FE Week revealed that FE providers had dramatically underspent their allocations for the 2016/17 […]

FE providers failed to spend a giant chunk of the adult education budget over the past academic year. A staggering £200 million remains unspent, which will raise eyebrows among many private training providers, who were forced to tender for a slice of just £110 million in the recent AEB procurement exercise while their competitors like […]

The ESFA has confirmed it has found additional adult education budget funding and sent out letters to relevant independent training providers with their increased allocations, as revealed by FE Week earlier today. The letter focuses on non-priority provision and delivery areas, bringing funding for everyone up to the value of 75 per cent of the […]

UPDATE: An hour after publishing this article the ESFA sent out electronic letters confirming the additional AEB funding (click here for details) ———————————————————————————————————— The ESFA has begun telling private providers that they will receive a resolution to the adult education budget tendering chaos later this afternoon, FE Week can reveal. This announcement is unlikely to be […]

The Department for Education is moving forward with a detailed new timetable for the implementation of T-levels, FE Week understands. A fresh schedule was laid out during a series of private briefing events, run by the DfE for awarding organisations this week. According to an FE Week source, the new timeline sets out plans for […]

A firm set up by Learndirect as a separate entity to run its apprenticeships division has begun a significant rebrand as it looks to distance itself from the tarnished company that created it. Since its inception in March 2016, Learndirect Apprenticeships (LDA) – a company owned and operated by the owners of Learndirect Ltd – […]