Red tape forces small firms to turn their backs on apprenticeship cash incentives The scheme this week received its second extension from the chancellor
DfE earmarks £3.3m for team of insolvency and fraud lawyers They will advise on ‘financially distressed’ colleges and ITPs for the DfE’s provider market oversight division
DfE does ‘too much procurement’, top civil servant admits Keith Smith signals the DfE is looking to move away from tendering for independent training providers.
Young people hit hardest again in full-year apprenticeship figures Apprenticeship starts for the whole of 2020/21 grew marginally on the previous year
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