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Let’s back T Levels to break the country’s skills deadlock

With T Levels now delivering real skills for real jobs, we have a chance to keep talent rooted in every town and drive Britain’s future prosperity

Opinion, T Levels

The wounded mothership: the WEA navigates adult education’s new era

Jessica Hill meets the WEA’s chief executive Simon Parkinson at the group’s new Brighton base to hear how the 122-year-old institution is evolving to meet the demands of devolution and political change

Feature, News, Adult education, Long read

We’re joining the dots to create lifelong learning in the North East

Bringing higher education into the centre of regional planning is vital for the LLE to succeed, and we’re already doing it at Newcastle University

Opinion, Lifelong Learning

‘Remarkable’ spike in ‘outstanding’ college grades

Big increase in top results as inspectorate prepares to turn off headline ratings

News, Ofsted

Revealed: £302m college condition allocations

DfE also dishes out additional £20m to Leeds and Greater Manchester to help manage student population surge

News, Colleges

Lessons from our apprentices

The Association of Apprentices convened a roundtable for apprentices to tell us about their training and views on current reforms. Jessica Hill was there to listen…

Feature, News, Apprenticeships, Long read

Esports in colleges: is rapid growth in provision fair game for criticism?

More than 100 FE colleges in England now offer esports courses, but homegrown job vacancies in the industry are only in the double figures. Jessica Hill hears insider opinion is split between ‘growth area’ and ‘gimmick’

Feature, News, Long read

Crisis in schools creates a NEET problem for FE to solve

Jessica Hill examines the triggers and FE
solutions as worsening school absenteeism
piles pressure on colleges to provide lower-
level post-16 courses

Feature, News, Long read

Sue Pittock and Rob Foulston, the duo with a remit for excellence

The formidable duo leading Remit Training, chief executive Sue Pittock and her chair Rob Foulston, are currently riding high after what Pittock sees as the best year of her career in 2023. Pittock scooped an OBE in January, Remit got top ‘outstanding’ marks from Ofsted for the first time in the summer, then the company […]

Profiles, Long read