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BREAKING: Non-levy £650m tender results finally shared

The long-awaited non-levy tender results, for funding apprenticeships with small (non-levy) employers, have been revealed by the Education and...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
Opinion

High transport costs are letting SEND learners down

It has become all too clear this term that learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who want...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Complaints over apprenticeship payments system breakdown

The government has been swamped with complaints about its malfunctioning apprenticeship payment systems, which are incorrectly demanding cash from...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Breaking: Non-levy tendering funding decisions to be revealed next week

The government has announced that it finally expect to issue notices of decisions to providers next week, on the...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Government delays on subcontracting charges

The government has been accused of double standards on subcontracting charges, after it missed its own deadline for issuing...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Industrial strategy confirms delay to adult education budget devolution

The devolution of the adult education budget has been delayed by a year. In its industrial strategy white paper the government...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Third of employers unaware of off-the-job rule

The government should make sure employers are aware of the 20-per-cent off the job training rule, sector figures have...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Sheffield College chief executive resigns

The chief executive of a large general further education college in the north of England has resigned. The Sheffield...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

£76m available for adult retraining in digital and construction

Plans to invest £76 million into retraining adults who want to work in the digital and construction sectors have...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord