Colleges

Lauener steps down as NCG chair early for ‘personal reasons’

Ex-ESFA chief will stay on as chair of Student Loans Company and CITB

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Billy Camden
Training Providers

Fraud and error ‘getting worse’ in FE

Majority of £50m funding clawed back last year was from independent training providers

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Starts stopped on 18 apprenticeships with no assessment organisation

But 60 other standards in the same boat can continue to start apprentices

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Functional skills funding uplift brought forward to January 2024

54% increase fast tracked because it is 'so important', top apprenticeships civil servant says

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Billy Camden
News
Billy Camden
News

Provider won max national AEB allocation after appeal

Portland Training awarded £2.5m in DfE's controversial tender

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Billy Camden
News

Training provider calls it quits after 50 years

Key Training locks its doors after failing to renew borrowing facilities

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Billy Camden
News

Dwindling SME starts drag down apprenticeship figures in 2022/23

Starts for level 2 also continue to fall while higher levels shoot up

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Billy Camden
Colleges

Dorset merger on the cards to secure future of struggling college

Kingston Maurward College in talks to join Weymouth College

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Billy Camden