Author: Billy Camden

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 – […]

The Labour Party has pledged to invest one billion pounds to deliver T-levels, as its shadow education secretary spelt out her plans for a new National Education Service. Angela Rayner (pictured above) used her speech at the party’s annual conference in Brighton this afternoon to heap praise on the FE sector but warned that the […]

A civil servant who led the Department for Education’s response to the Grenfell Tower blaze has been appointed as its new director for apprenticeships. Rory Kennedy has taken the reins from David Hill, and is now responsible for the whole apprenticeships programme, as well as a number of other important policy areas including the levy, […]

An awarding organisation is under investigation by regulators for the second time in two years after an anonymous tip-off. Ofqual was alerted in May to irregularities at Focus Awards, an AO based in Rotherham, and official inquiries began on September 11. In a statement, it said it was “currently investigating allegations made to us in […]