Billy Camden | FE Week

SMEs frustrated as DfE refusal to reset non-levy cap halts apprenticeship starts

Employers reveal they are being forced to cancel recruitment plans and turn apprentices away

NUS is ‘systemically anti-Semitic’, and 3 other things Zahawi said at education committee

The education secretary gave evidence to MPs this morning

DfE to spend over £100m on digital platform for Multiply maths scheme

It will be designed to assess skill levels and provide online tutoring

First local skills improvement plans published

The plans are a key FE reform as outlined in the skills for jobs white paper

Revealed: Local area funding allocations for Multiply adult maths scheme

£270m is being dished out to mayoral combined authorities and local councils in England

DfE seeks brokers for SME T Level placements

Up to £350 will be paid per placement to the winning contractors

Shock as half of apprentices drop out

Expert says there would be ‘national outcry’ and independent inquiry if this happened with A-levels

‘Frustrating’ for some but ‘not surprising’: ESFA extends AEB contracts for one more year

National adult education budget contracts renewed for 2022/23

2020/21 apprenticeship achievement rate hits 57.7% – and just 51.8% for standards

Almost half of learners on the new-style apprenticeship standards failed to successfully complete their programme last year, new figures for 2020/21 reveal. National achievement rate tables (NARTs) published this morning by the Department for Education show that the overall achievement rate for all apprenticeships increased slightly from 57.5 per cent in 2019/20 to 57.7 per […]