Apprenticeships Exclusive Revealed: DfE’s special payments to providers after funding blunder Wheels in motion for convoy of claims after unprecedented payouts Billy Camden 2h Billy Camden 2h Colleges, Skills reform Skills England urged to confront government on FE funding Joint AoC and UUK report also calls for ‘excessive’ competition to be challenged Josh Mellor 9h Josh Mellor 9h Colleges LSEC reveals civic rebrand London academies and college group unveils new umbrella brand to ’emphasise role as anchor institution’ FE Week Reporter 9h FE Week Reporter 9h Ofsted ASCL joins Ofsted preparation ‘cottage industry’ it once criticised Watchdog urges leaders not to ‘spend limited resources’ on preparing for inspection after union launches paid-for webinars John Dickens 17h John Dickens 17h Apprenticeships Lindsay Conroy appointed Association of Apprentices CEO The former UCAS apprenticeships lead will replace Emily Rock FE Week Reporter 1d FE Week Reporter 1d ITPs ITPs face automatic ‘inadequate’ financial rating for late accounts DfE urged to take proportionate approach to financial health rating punishment Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Adult education, Skills reform 10-year adult ed rescue plan would boost economy by £22bn, says L&W New report calls for tripling level 2 and 3 achievements and expanded lifelong learning entitlement Anviksha Patel 2d Anviksha Patel 2d Apprenticeships, Politics Badenoch: I’ll double apprenticeships budget by slashing uni degrees Leader of the opposition would reintroduce student number controls for ‘poor quality’ uni courses to fund apprenticeship boost Shane Chowen 2d Shane Chowen 2d Colleges £31k FE teacher training bursaries to continue in 2026-27 Experts say bursaries are ‘very effective for recruiting more teachers and retaining additional teachers long-term’ amid Labour’s 6.5k pledge Billy Camden 3d Billy Camden 3d Ofsted ‘Inadequate’ apprenticeship provider accuses Ofsted of creating ‘state of fear’ The firm unsuccessfully contested the rating Anviksha Patel 4d Anviksha Patel 4d Governance Investigation To pay or not to pay? The ‘divisive’ question of college governor remuneration Relying on unpaid volunteers to hold college executive teams to account is either an important matter of principle or… Jessica Hill 4d Jessica Hill 4d Colleges More than half of Turing trips turned down The government also underspent its budget despite a one-third cut Anviksha Patel 4d Anviksha Patel 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 828 Older Must read Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
