Revealed: The 22 colleges and adult ed providers leading FE professional development grant pilots The £9.5m pilot will run throughout 2021/22
Careers advice law change among three DfE amendments to Skills Bill Religious sixth form colleges will also finally be able to academise
Sunak extends apprenticeship employer incentives and Kickstart scheme Apprentice incentives will run until end of January while Kickstart will go until end of March
Clumsy, complex and slow: business puts the boot into Kickstart New figures reveal less than two-fifths of Kickstart jobs created have been filled
ESFA opens bids for new 16 to 18 traineeships contracts Contracts worth between £100,000 and £300,000 are up for grabs
Three more college strikes abandoned as 10 other walkouts get underway Staff have been on the picket line since 8am this morning
New campaign aims to raise apprentice pay Organisers hope the initiative will help tackle the high dropout rate in apprenticeships that has troubled ministers
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 court
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