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18 June 2026

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Apprenticeship subcontracting review launched by DWP

Summer review will examine policy, rules and definitions, with reforms due from January 2027

Billy Camden

2d | Apprenticeships
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Adult skills funding 2026-27: rule changes you need to know

Earnings threshold rises but rates frozen for another year

Josh Mellor

7d | Adult education
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Gemma Collins hate is snobbery, says Phillipson

Minister defends DfE video and hails GC’s ‘incredible reach’ with young people

Anviksha Patel

3w | Skills reform
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Smaller steps could transform English and maths resits

A more inclusive approach to post-16 qualifications may help students overcome the stigma of failure and ...

Eddie Playfair

3w | Assessment
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Inside the booming business of high-tech exam cheating

…cational qualifications in 2024-25, up from 6,310 in 2022-23. Functional skills qualifications suffered the steepest increase, with cases soarin…

Jessica Hill

14 May 2026 | Assessment
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Cheating now worst in functional skills exams

Functional skills exams suffered more malpractice penalties than any other vocatio…

Billy Camden

7 May 2026 | Assessment
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Seeking more than a sticking plaster for hospitalised teens

…sion and relying on charity partnerships to facilitate access to functional skills, work experience or volunteering for young people on the mend. …

Anviksha Patel

30 Apr 2026 | Young people
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Speaking and listening exams are failing Gen Z’s anxious learners, it’s time for a rethink

…stening exam are rarely popular with learners. Currently English functional skills exams are split into three parts: reading, writing and speaking …

Pete Middleton

16 Apr 2026 | The Staffroom - opinion
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‘Stepping-stone’ GCSEs risk halting social mobility progress, SMC report warns

…ose with a grade 2 and below may work towards either a GCSE or a functional skills qualification. Because a grade 2 already represents level 1 att…

Billy Camden

15 Apr 2026 | Colleges
Opinion

I passed my exam, but the SEND system in FE failed me

…e STEM becomes the proof case that English obscures. I’ve sat my functional skills maths level 2 twice. I missed the pass mark by two marks on the …

Shahab Ahmad

16 Apr 2026 | Inclusion