Adult education

Devolved subcontracting in the dark

Hundreds of millions worth of deals hidden by MCAs

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education, Politics

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

Universal Credit training flexibility extended by six months

Learners will continue to be able to receive Universal Credit while studying longer courses

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Adult education

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
Adult education

Skills Bootcamps to tackle HGV driver shortage

Bootcamps set to train 3,000 HGV drivers, DfE say.

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen