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Under-25s exempted from apprenticeship co-investment hike

15h | Apprenticeships

£287m building cash for colleges short of places

17h | Colleges

Benefit-hit apprentice families boosted by bursary

17h | Apprenticeships

Mayors to design technical education routes for 14-year-olds

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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray

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Mystery as DfE misses summer accounts deadline

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Auditor waves red flags over adult-skills subcontracting

5d | Adult education
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Kate Ambrosi

New technical pathways for 14-year-olds could build on UTC model

Kate Ambrosi

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Lou Doyle

Burnham – parity of esteem starts with pay, not pathways

Lou Doyle

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John Cope

There’s a wall keeping jobless teenagers and employers apart

John Cope

| Young people
Rob May

The skills sector should embrace Burnham’s politics of disruption

Rob May

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Jo Bishenden

Apprenticeship units must become an employer-led success

Jo Bishenden

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Waite and see… Get Further boss and her insights on Powell and Milburn

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Bonding at a bootcamp before their march east to China

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Trethewey guides AQA into the vocational skills landscape

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A Knight in shining armour for back-to-work mums

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‘Bradford’s proper sexy’: The honey badger who transformed a college
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What would Andy Burnham in Number 10 mean for FE?
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Day in the life: ‘No young person is bad – you just have to listen to them’
18 Jun 2026 | Colleges
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New technical pathways for 14-year-olds could build on UTC model

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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray

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Waite and see… Get Further boss and her insights on Powell and Milburn

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‘Bradford’s proper sexy’: The honey badger who transformed a college
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‘We need to expect the unexpected’: Colleges brace for energy emergencies
4 Jun 2026 | Colleges