New Learndirect owner wins £20m in ESFA contracts
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  • Jan 21, 2019
Learndirect apprenticeships arm sold for second time in a month
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  • Jul 16, 2018
Crackdown call after Carillion and Learndirect flop
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  • Jul 9, 2018
Learndirect accuse PeoplePlus of ‘dirty tricks’ after entire senior executive team jumps ship
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  • Jun 30, 2018
Senior staff quit en masse from Learndirect
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  • Jun 29, 2018
Learndirect in talks on rescue sale
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  • Jun 22, 2018
Government agrees with PAC over mishandling of Learndirect and accepts all recommendations
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  • May 23, 2018
Fresh round of redundancies at Learndirect as funding dries up
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  • Apr 27, 2018
Learndirect did not get ‘anywhere near’ winning legal battle against Ofsted, judge says
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  • Apr 6, 2018
Learndirect’s second Ofsted monitoring visit: 15 key findings
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  • Mar 27, 2018
AELP responds to MPs’ report on Learndirect
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  • Mar 2, 2018
Learndirect case highlights 'too big to fail' concerns in Government contracting
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  • Mar 2, 2018
Public Accounts Committee: LearnDirect case highlights ‘Too big to fail’ concerns in Government Contracting
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  • Mar 2, 2018
Public accounts committee wants top-slicing action by August
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  • Mar 2, 2018
That’s special treatment all right: Accounts committee lays into Learndirect
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  • Mar 2, 2018
Learners let down by Learndirect, say MPs
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  • Mar 2, 2018
Providers must not get 'too big to fail', committee urges
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  • Mar 2, 2018
The PAC’s five recommendations following its inquiry into Learndirect
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  • Mar 2, 2018
Apprenticeship firm Learndirect ‘wasted public cash’
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  • Mar 2, 2018
Britain must identify ‘too big to fail’ contractors
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  • Mar 1, 2018
Learndirect enters redundancy talks
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Learndirect Redundancies ESFA Funding Ofsted
  • Feb 2, 2018
Over half of Learndirect’s 17,000 apprentices failed last year
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  • Jan 26, 2018
The scandal of inadequate apprenticeships
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  • Jan 26, 2018
Ministers funding Learndirect ‘knew of Ofsted criticism’
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  • Jan 18, 2018
Learndirect ‘blocked critical report to keep funding’
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  • Jan 17, 2018
Learndirect boss reveals ‘surprise’ at £45m allocation following AEB tender withdrawal
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  • Jan 16, 2018
UK training body took out superinjunction to block critical report
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  • Jan 16, 2018
Super injunction meant Learndirect gagged Ofsted from speaking to ESFA
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  • Jan 15, 2018
Was government support of Learndirect sale legal?
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  • Jan 11, 2018
Public Accounts Committee calls for evidence ahead of Learndirect hearing
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  • Jan 4, 2018
Robert Halfon comments on NAO report on Learndirect Ltd
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  • Dec 15, 2017
Concerns over Learndirect first raised 3 years ago
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  • Dec 14, 2017
The six main findings from the NAO’s report into Learndirect
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  • Dec 14, 2017
Millions given to inadequate Learndirect 'disgraceful', says PAC chair
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  • Dec 14, 2017
NAO report: So which minister signed off on Learndirect’s special treatment?
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  • Dec 14, 2017
Public Accounts Committee to call Learndirect hearing in wake of NAO investigation
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  • Dec 13, 2017
Learndirect set to lose rights to run Home Office citizenship test
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Learndirect Citizenship Funding Tendering
  • Dec 13, 2017
No provider is too big to fail, warns Ofsted annual report
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Ofsted Training providers Learndirect Sixth forms Performance Inspections
  • Dec 13, 2017
Learndirect’s apprenticeship achievement rates continue to fall, says Ofsted
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  • Nov 23, 2017
Spielman: 'Too many' college students 'do not get the education they deserve'
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  • Nov 14, 2017
Ofsted returns to Learndirect as the provider fights for survival
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  • Nov 10, 2017
Learndirect accounts reveal huge debts and an uncertain future
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  • Nov 7, 2017
Outgoing ESFA chief takes “personal responsibility” for Learndirect decisions
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  • Oct 12, 2017
NHS takes action against Learndirect Apprenticeships
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  • Oct 3, 2017
UK spending watchdog to probe Learndirect funding
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  • Oct 2, 2017
National Audit Office to investigate Learndirect and the DfE
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  • Oct 2, 2017
Learndirect Apprenticeships tries to avoid the past with major rebrand
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  • Sep 27, 2017
learndirect responds to sensational media coverage after Ofsted report
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  • Sep 27, 2017
NHS ‘reviews’ Learndirect Apprenticeships’ status as a provider
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  • Sep 21, 2017
Is it wrong to give Learndirect special treatment?
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  • Sep 21, 2017
DfE given legal ultimatum over botched adult education budget tender
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  • Sep 15, 2017
Damning evidence mounts against DfE over Learndirect
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  • Sep 15, 2017
Education select committee to investigate subcontracting
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  • Sep 13, 2017
National Audit Office considering Learndirect probe
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  • Sep 12, 2017
Learndirect and DfE scandal referred to NAO by Public Accounts Committee chair
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  • Sep 11, 2017
Learndirect 'should face investigation', says senior MP
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  • Sep 11, 2017
Minister ‘misled’ MPs over apprenticeships at Learndirect
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  • Sep 11, 2017
Sector response to the Learndirect 2017 inadequate Ofsted report
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  • Sep 8, 2017
Did the government advise Learndirect to withdraw their AEB tender?
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  • Sep 6, 2017
Learndirect special treatment: ESFA changes policy and awards £45m tender
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  • Sep 5, 2017
Learndirect: Parliamentary questions pile pressure on ministers for answers
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  • Sep 5, 2017
Policy Eye - highlights of week ending Friday 25 August 2017
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  • Aug 25, 2017
Learndirect special treatment update: will it be less than £1m or over £30m to ‘wind-down’ AEB?
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  • Aug 24, 2017
What went wrong for LearnDirect? Too big to fail?
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  • Aug 23, 2017
Learndirect debacle shines light on £2m teacher test contract
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  • Aug 23, 2017
Why are ESFA keeping a low profile over Learndirect?
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  • Aug 23, 2017
Learndirect: Ofsted report
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  • Aug 22, 2017
Students defend Learndirect after damning Ofsted report
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  • Aug 20, 2017
Learndirect special treatment update: Student protection plan demanded as no contracts are terminated
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  • Aug 18, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 18 August 2017
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  • Aug 18, 2017
Learndirect took £20m profits as standards fell, says Ofsted
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  • Aug 18, 2017
AELP statement on Learndirect’s Ofsted report
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  • Aug 17, 2017
There is no such thing as equality in funding or inspection
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  • Aug 17, 2017
Learndirect rated 'inadequate' in Ofsted report
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  • Aug 17, 2017
'Inadequate' Learndirect stopped from taking new apprentices
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  • Aug 17, 2017
Learndirect blames government cuts for damning Ofsted report
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  • Aug 17, 2017
Sector response to the learndirect 2017 inadequate Ofsted report
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  • Aug 17, 2017
Ofsted: Learndirect 'failed to stem decline in performance'
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  • Aug 17, 2017
Ofsted inspection report for Learndirect finally published
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  • Aug 17, 2017
Learndirect owners still winning government-approved contracts
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  • Aug 16, 2017
What do the people behind the privatisation of Learndirect think now?
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  • Aug 16, 2017
Department for Education pulls all Learndirect contracts and funding
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  • Aug 16, 2017
Learndirect training contract withdrawn over standards concerns
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  • Aug 16, 2017
Adult training firm Learndirect faces cuts after Ofsted failure
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  • Aug 16, 2017
Government pulls all Learndirect contracts and funding
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  • Aug 15, 2017
DfE confirms special treatment will be given to Learndirect
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  • Aug 15, 2017
AoC response to Learndirect reports
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  • Aug 15, 2017
Injunction lifted on critical Ofsted report
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  • Aug 15, 2017
Learndirect 'financially stable' despite Ofsted probe, firm insists
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  • Aug 15, 2017
Learndirect faces collapse after trying to suppress Ofsted report
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  • Aug 15, 2017
Learndirect faces collapse after privatised firm's failed bid to suppress damning report
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  • Aug 14, 2017
Learndirect branded inadequate in Ofsted report it tried to suppress
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  • Aug 14, 2017
Rejected appeal application looks like the beginning of the end for Learndirect
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  • Aug 14, 2017
Over 1,600 jobs at risk after Learndirect fails bid to overturn Ofsted ‘inadequate’
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  • Aug 14, 2017
Mystery surrounds late Learndirect performance breach
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  • Jul 17, 2017
Learndirect : One in ten staff could face redundancy at nation’s largest provider
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  • Jun 28, 2017
Achievement rates at Learndirect fall under minimum standards
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  • Jun 24, 2017
National provider enters redundancy consultation with staff
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  • May 24, 2017
Why the delay for Learndirect inspection report?
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  • Apr 28, 2017
Learndirect tops list of European Social Fund contracts with provision worth almost £50 million
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  • Feb 13, 2017
Learndirect top-slices almost £20 million through subcontractors deals
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