Funding

Why it’s easier than ever for employers to take on apprentices

Rupert Crossland digests the apprenticehip rule changes for this year and finds an emerging trend

JL Dutaut
Rupert Crossland
Funding

If your skills strategy isn’t funding – it’s not worth talking about

However good a national skills strategy looks on paper, it simply can’t be delivered by a system on the...

JL Dutaut
Mark Dawe
Funding

Are private equity backers bad apples or golden eggs?

Anyone tempted by a potentially lucrative private-equity deal should carefully consider the incentives and the potential repercussions, writes Alex...

JL Dutaut
Alex Lockey
Funding

Revealed: ‘Front line’ boost to 16-19 funding

Base rate to increase by an extra £111 per student

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
AEB, Colleges, Funding

ESFA to run special AEB allocations review for colleges

Reduced funding given to providers who underperformed the most during Covid

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Cost of living, Funding

MP urges struggling college to hit the brakes on campus closure

'Underutilised' site to shut to save on costs

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Funding

ESFA ups childcare cash for young parents as demand falls

Care to Learn allocations rise by £20 per week but data indicates falling demand for subsidies

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
AEB, Devolution, Funding

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, Funding

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