News

Temporary apprenticeship funding uplifts delayed

DfE now set to provider 'further information' in December

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Ofsted to hit university-run college with grade 4

The college was taken over by a university last year after a turbulent period

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
AEB, Apprenticeships, Skills reform, Traineeships

8 interesting things we learned from today’s FE data drop

Traineeships and public sector apprenticeship target flops among the findings

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
T Levels

Huge T Level employer cash incentive underspend revealed

Just £500k of £7m budget used in pilot

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Traineeships flop… AGAIN: Starts target missed by two thirds in 2021/22

Another huge underspend is likely to be handed back to Treasury

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics, Skills reform

Keegan boasts old FE funding boost in message to education sector

It comes a week after FE was ignored in the chancellor’s education cash splash

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
T Levels

DfE launches £150m capital fund for wave five T Level providers

The funding can help upgrade facilities and purchase specialist kit

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Bootcamps, HGV, Skills reform

Large HGV training provider goes bust blaming inadequate funding

Over 100 staff and 2,000 learners, mostly on bootcamps, affected

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

FE Commissioner warns of college solvency risk and the danger of reclassification

Shelagh Legrave also reflects on the 'positivity' of her first year in post

Billy Camden
Billy Camden