Adult education

Skills bootcamps: Study finds ‘inappropriate’ interviews and already-skilled workers on courses

Research of wave 2 bootcamps finds more than half of learners already have level 4 or above qualifications

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Adult education

AEB funding rates boosted by 5% in Liverpool

Increase is aimed to help providers cope with rising costs and inflation

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

West Midlands reveals ‘bold’ plan to boost level 3 training

Proposals include upping its low income threshold, free courses for West Midlands FE staff and reviewing learner support funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Adult education, Skills reform

HGV driver hopefuls left in the dark as DfE ends bootcamp contract

Learners waited a year for training due to dispute over financially 'unviable' flagship scheme

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education, Politics
Billy Camden
Adult education

Dismay as AEB funding boost excludes key skills shortages – and women 

The Department for Education has defended its decision to exclude key skills shortage areas from in-year AEB funding increases

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Adult education

The devil lurks in the detail of government’s lifelong loan response

Some clarity on the lifelong loan entitlement is welcome, but the debate over access to lifelong learning is far...

Shane Chowen
Gordon Marsden
Adult education

Skills bootcamps struggle to attract learners as devolved areas lower sights

Combined authorities report competition with national procurement on wave three skills bootcamps

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Adult education, Skills reform

Lifelong loan entitlement: Maintenance loans in and ELQ rule out

Students studying higher level courses under the lifelong loan scheme will have access to maintenance loans following years of...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen