Adult education

Centenary celebration of L&W sees Princess Royal back prison education reform

Careers education was a big theme of the even

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Adult education

Most disadvantaged adults ‘least likely to participate’ in education, L&W finds

Only four in ten adults are aware free basic skills courses are available, the survey also discovered

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Adult education, Spending Review

Spending review: £560m for new Multiply adult numeracy scheme confirmed

The government has revealed details of its new £560 million Multiply scheme, aimed at improving half a million adults’...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Adult education, Spending Review

Bootcamps evaluation rings spending review alarm bells

The government is oblivious to how many people from the first wave secured a job or received a pay...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education, Devolution

DfE and mayors speed up efforts to tackle HGV driver shortage

Flexibilities are being brought in for national AEB delivery while driver apprenticeships are being fast-tracked

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Adult education

DfE sets off on £17m hunt for HGV bootcamp training providers

The DfE has upped the budget and is now looking for nearly twice the number of drivers they were...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Adult education

DfE does ‘too much procurement’, top civil servant admits

Keith Smith signals the DfE is looking to move away from tendering for independent training providers. 

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

DfE wants HGV bootcamps up and running in a month

The tender for providers will be out this week, the government has said

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Adult education, Ofsted

Ofsted to review skills bootcamps ahead of possible full inspections

Bootcamps could get full inspections if they become a fixture of DfE-funded provision

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon