News

Huge concern over surge in higher level management apprenticeships

A surge in higher level management apprenticeship starts has raised grave concerns that employers are rebadging their training. Gordon...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Massive subcontracting top-slices finally revealed

Subcontracting top-slices exceeded £100 million last year, and 28 per cent of prime providers were charging more than 20...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Dismay after rail specialist chosen as quality-assurer for digital apprenticeships

A firm of rail specialists have been chosen to replace the Tech Partnership as the external quality-assurance provider for...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Urgent government action needed to save traineeships, AELP claims

Traineeships are in decline and could die without more support from the government, the Association of Employment and Learning...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Exclusive: Election delay for results of first adult education budget procurement

The announcement of results of the first ever procurement process for the adult education budget has been delayed until...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Ofqual should not have double standards

One thing an assessment regulator should definitely not have is double standards; it undermines the core of their existence....

Mark Dawe
Mark Dawe
News

Apprenticeship funding ‘u-turn’ – but how far does it really go?

Despite the very public “U-turn” the government made on proposed apprenticeship cuts on Tuesday, funding is still due to...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Campaign victory over apprenticeship funding

Widespread anger about planned funding cuts exposed by FE Week has brought about a welcome change of heart from...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord