Author: FE Week Reporter

This morning the Department for Education published additional guidance on the 20 percent off-the-job training rule for apprenticeships. Click here to download the guidance. The guidance says: “However the training is delivered, it is important to remember that the apprentice must receive off-the-job training for a minimum of 20% of the time that they are […]

The new skills minister, Anne Milton, has announced that the non-levy growth requests will be brought forward to July, at the AELP annual conference this morning. Providers that made a business case following the non-levy allocations will also be notified next week regarding any additional funding. Speaking of the paused tendering round, Ms Milton said it would […]

Update 1 : At 17:45 the DfE responded by saying the data they published for May is not full the full month. A Department for Education spokesperson said: “The data published did not reflect the full vacancy figures for May, and was only for the first few days of the month. The updated data covering the […]

This morning the Education and Skills Funding Agency published the delayed National Achievement Rate Tables (NARTs). Click here for all the tables. The apprenticeship achievement rates are particularly contentious owing to a several calculation revisions to close loopholes, as reported in FE Week. Full analysis will be published in the next edition of FE Week.

The new minister for apprenticeships and skills is Anne Milton, MP for Guildford, FE Week can exclusively reveal. The Department for Education are expected to confirm the appointment tomorrow, but FE Week understands she is already meeting with key FE sector officials. According to the DfE website, Anne Milton “was appointed to the Health Select Committee, […]

Two new junior ministerial appointments have been made to the Department for Education, after it was reported by our sister paper FE Week that Nick Gibb would be staying on. This evening Robert Goodwill, MP for Scarborough and Whitby and Anne Milton, MP for Guildford, have been appointed. However, it has yet to be confirmed […]

A copy of the Draft Labour Party manifesto was leaked to FE Week yesterday. Here’s the section on further education and apprenticeships in full. One of the commitments is to fund apprentice travel, so we’ve asked how much this policy would cost and above is our draft cartoon. At a time when technology is changing […]

Colleges and training providers were last night sent a funding allocation for apprenticeship starts from next month to 31 December 2017 for non-levy employers. Following a pause to the £440 million tender process announced on 12 April, the Education and Skills Funding Agency met their commitment to provide allocations to existing prime providers that successfully […]