Training Providers

Funding officials unconcerned over training providers’ financial health

Provider forecasts show nine in ten predict good or better financial health

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Training Providers

Fraud and error ‘getting worse’ in FE

Majority of £50m funding clawed back last year was from independent training providers

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Training Providers

AELP names Ben Rowland as new CEO

ITP founder and apprenticeships author will join the membership body in December

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Training Providers

DfE publishes list of ‘expert’ apprenticeship providers

See who made the cut for the 12-month pilot below

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Training Providers

If there is a plan for ITPs, it isn’t working

The government needs to come clean on its strategy for the independent training sector before even more providers go...

Shane Chowen
Rob Foulston
Training Providers

Lawyers deny claims DfE acted unlawfully in AEB contract row

DfE claim they followed procurement rules in their defence to AEB procurement legal challenge

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Training Providers

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
Long read, Training Providers

Private equity and training: a complicated relationship explained

The last ten years has seen a gold rush of global private equity (PE) companies seeking to make the...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Adult education, Training Providers

Major training group launches legal action against ESFA over ‘unlawful’ AEB tender

Learning Curve Group demands re-run of the national procurement

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel