News

Gillian Keegan becomes fifth education secretary in four months

The former skills minister replaces Kit Malthouse

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Billy Camden
Training Providers

Provider for disadvantaged young people to close after 40 years

Plummeting student numbers has caused income to rapidly decline

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Billy Camden
News

Top DfE civil servants grilled on skills reforms: 6 things we learned

Officials say they are ‘pretty confident’ employer-led system is right direction of travel...

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Billy Camden
Qualifications, Skills reform

DfE delays ‘devastating’ level 2 qualification reforms for a year

But plans to scrap thousands of level 2 and below courses go ahead

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Billy Camden
Qualifications, Skills reform

Revealed: 1 in 3 at risk BTECs saved from the chop

DfE publishes 'final' list of level 3 quals that overlap with first ten T Levels

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Billy Camden
Colleges

Third college to go through FE insolvency regime owes £8m

The country’s smallest sixth form college has been forced to close

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

DfE forced to finally reveal true amount of apprenticeship funding returned to Treasury

Over £2bn surrendered since the launch of the levy in 2017 to 2021

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship starts for young people grow the most in full-year 2021/22 figures

But overall starts are still 11% down on pre-pandemic levels

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Billy Camden
Results 2022

BTEC and CTEC result delays scrutinised by MPs: 6 things we learned

Officials grilled on scale of the delays, the impact on learners and the action being taken to ensure the...

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Billy Camden