Skills reform

Revealed: The local skills improvement plans trailblazers

The employer representative bodies that will lead pilots for new local skills improvement plans (LSIP) have been named. Eight...

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Billy Camden
Industrial action

Staff vote to strike at 15 colleges

University and College Union members in 15 colleges across England have voted for strike action in a row over...

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Billy Camden
News

National adult education budget tender results revealed

There are 83 winners sharing £62.6 million from the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s adult education budget tender, FE...

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Billy Camden
News

ESFA boss Eileen Milner to become combined authority chief executive

Eileen Milner will become the chief executive her local combined authority when she leaves the Education and Skills Funding...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

NHS trust’s apprenticeship contract terminated after Ofsted finds ‘inappropriate behaviour’

An NHS trust has had its apprenticeship contract terminated after Ofsted found serious safety concerns. Nearly 700 apprentices are...

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Billy Camden
News

ESFA pays apprenticeship firm £6m before terminating contract

Owners of a new apprenticeship provider that quickly raked in £6 million have had their contract terminated after hundreds...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Fears that London’s adult education budget could be cut as colleges struggle to spend funding

London colleges are struggling to spend chunks of their adult education budget – leading to fears that the Greater...

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Billy Camden
News

GLA adult education admin costs soar to meet new corporate overhead charges

The cost of managing and administering the Greater London Authority’s adult education budget may soon reach almost £6 million....

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Billy Camden
News

Shane Chowen announced as new FE Week editor

Shane Chowen has been appointed as the new editor of FE Week. He will take the reins in August...

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Billy Camden