Workforce Seven findings from DfE’s third FE workforce data release Figures from over 1,300 colleges and providers were collected in 2023-24 Anviksha Patel 9h Anviksha Patel 9h Colleges Burnley College principal officially suspended Karen Buchanan is under ‘ongoing investigation’ Anviksha Patel 1d Anviksha Patel 1d Apprenticeships, Skills reform Nine in ten level 7 apprentices will be ineligible for funding, new figures reveal Under-22s, who can still be funded, made up 11 per cent of level 7 apprenticeship starts last year Shane Chowen 1d Shane Chowen 1d Spending Review 2025 IFS: ‘Intense pressure’ to come for further education budgets The government faces tough choices about how to spread likely funding reductions Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Skills reform Skills England board members revealed Leaders from colleges, training providers, businesses, trade unions and local government have made the list FE Week Reporter 2d FE Week Reporter 2d Apprenticeships, Politics, Skills reform Level 7 apprenticeship funding to be axed from January 2026 DfE also announces ‘priority’ bootcamp funding for next year and confirms apprenticeship budget increase to over £3bn Shane Chowen 3d Shane Chowen 3d Industrial action UCU members greenlight national strike ballot Motions on national action and deficit budgets passed overwhelmingly Anviksha Patel 4d Anviksha Patel 4d skills Days of DfE adult ed procurement could be over The department hasn’t ruled out taking an ‘alternative commissioning approach’ to the current contract Josh Mellor 6d Josh Mellor 6d Strikes, Teaching UCU Congress preview: Lecturers to vote on national strike ballot Tackling ‘excessive’ principal pay and abolishing Ofsted also due to be debated Anviksha Patel 7d Anviksha Patel 7d Employment Youth NEET numbers remain ‘stubbornly high’ Behind the numbers are young people facing mental health issues and long term unemployment Josh Mellor 7d Josh Mellor 7d DfE Acland-Hood: I was wrong about our FE probe policy The DfE still hasn’t released the findings of hundreds of investigations into FE providers Josh Mellor 7d Josh Mellor 7d Apprenticeships Foundation apprenticeships off to a shaky start New programmes ‘blur lines’ with level 2 apprenticeships and miss popular youth sectors Billy Camden 7d Billy Camden 7d 1 2 3 4 5 6 809 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 4w Billy Camden 4w Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
