Training provider to close after 40 years following damning Ofsted report Managing director blasts ‘unfair’ inspection which found ‘ineffective’ safeguarding
Labour think tank’s radical plan to tackle apprenticeship levy’s ‘abject failure’ Give SMEs ’skin in the game’ by making more employers pay the charge, ban graduates, end the Treasury top-slice and lump in the immigration skills charge among suggestions
Awarding body fined £15k for ‘serious’ conflict of interest failures The company shared an office and staff with one of its test centres
NHS to save level 7 apprenticeships from funding axe ‘Mitigation fund’ launched for five health and social care professions
Mayor’s money to heat up FE ‘cold spots’ Capital funding dished out to providers to target towns with a training provision ‘deficit’
Ofsted sounds siren over ambulance provider’s apprenticeships Apprentices aren’t supported with learning after their initial training, inspectors find at north east firm
Legislation paves way for mayors to appoint ‘skills commissioners’ But combined authority leaders urged to be cautious in drawing more funding away from frontline delivery
MP criticises college group after another campus sale WCG has now closed two sites since it merged in 2016
New ‘youth panel’ to help shape government policies The panel’s insights will be fed back to ministers and senior officials