Billy Camden | FE Week

Reshuffle: Alex Burghart appointed apprenticeships and skills minister

He replaces Gillian Keegan

Ofsted raps business school over management apprenticeships

A high-profile business school that made millions of pounds by quickly recruiting more than 800 management apprentices has been criticised by Ofsted. The Ashridge (Bonar Law Memorial) Trust, an arm of Hult International Business School, faces a government ban from taking on new apprentices after inspectors found it had made “insufficient progress” during a new […]

Fast growing apprenticeship firm goes bust after ESFA stops payments

It owes nearly £4 million to creditors.

Confirmed: Gillian Keegan leaves apprenticeships and skills minister role in reshuffle

She has been promoted to the Department of Health and Social Care as a minister of state.

Reshuffle: Michelle Donelan taking FE and skills brief – sources

FE Week understands Donelan, who now attends cabinet, will be given the FE brief.

Tripling traineeships target missed by half, and 3 other findings from today’s Plan for Jobs progress report

The government has missed its target to triple the number of traineeships by more than half, a new report has revealed. And the number of new apprenticeships that have been created following the launch of employer cash incentives fell 15,000 short of the government’s 100,000 target. The Treasury revealed the figures in a progress report […]

Asymptomatic testing of FE students to continue for the rest of term

Ministers publish Covid autumn and winter plan

‘Better late than never’: 16-18 traineeships tender to launch ‘later this month’

The news comes two days after Treasury revealed they had missed their target to triple the number of starts by more than half

Troubleshooter takes the reins at newly formed college

A newly formed college has appointed an experienced troubleshooter as its interim chief executive. City of Portsmouth College, which launched last month following a merger between Portsmouth College and crisis-hit Highbury College, has named Graham Morley as its new leader. He takes over from the college’s current interim chief, Penny Wycherley, who stepped in to […]