Kickstart

Clumsy, complex and slow: business puts the boot into Kickstart

New figures reveal less than two-fifths of Kickstart jobs created have been filled

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Billy Camden
Traineeships

ESFA opens bids for new 16 to 18 traineeships contracts

Contracts worth between £100,000 and £300,000 are up for grabs

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Billy Camden
Colleges

Three more college strikes abandoned as 10 other walkouts get underway

Staff have been on the picket line since 8am this morning

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

New campaign aims to raise apprentice pay

Organisers hope the initiative will help tackle the high dropout rate in apprenticeships that has troubled ministers

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Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

DfE and provider locked in legal battle over terminated contracts

It is believed to be the first time a training provider has taken the DfE all the way to...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Two college strikes called off, but 13 more set to go ahead

'We hope other employers take note and come back to the negotiating table', says UCU

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Billy Camden
News

ESFA fires warning shot to colleges over related party transactions

The agency has found cases where conflicts have not been properly declared

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Billy Camden
News

DfE seeks bids for another college and employer collaboration fund

The 'skills accelerator progression fund' has now been launched

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
AEB

Residential funding uplift is confirmed for this year

A national review of the funding uplift was launched in February 2020

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Billy Camden