Apprenticeships

DfE ‘tore up AEB contract due to apprenticeship row’

Private provider owner also claims adult education payments were withheld as officials recovered clawback

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Prison education

Young offenders denied legal right to education

Staff shortages are preventing both adults and children from attending education and training

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, T Levels

Just over half of T Level students satisfied with course, DfE survey reveals

Most common reasons for apprentice dropouts and levels of OTJ compliance also revealed

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
DfE, Skills bootcamps

DfE boosted early bootcamp payments after provider complaints

Performance targets were described as 'unrealistic'

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Josh Mellor
Prison education

Prisons ‘lack resources’ for inmates to learn their way to liberty

Ministers are considering linking prison education to early release for the second time in a decade

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

Tributes to former East Durham College principal

Colleagues have praised her for championing further education

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Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, DfE, IfATE

More data needed to tackle apprenticeship dropout rates

Researchers found that nine out of ten non-completing nursing associate apprentices dropped out close to their end dates

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
News

Curriculum review call for evidence: what FE needs to know

The government has this morning published a call for evidence for its wide-ranging curriculum and assessment review. We already...

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Josh Mellor
News

Apprenticeship provider goes bust after surviving grade 4 Ofsted

A specialist engineering apprenticeship training provider has gone bust, leaving behind debts of more than £350,000 to several colleges....

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor