WorldSkills UK

WorldSkills UK names over 400 learners for 2025 national finals

National finals will take place in Wales for the first time

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, FE Commissioner

NTI for Newbury College from ‘serious cashflow pressures’

PFI costs and delayed asset sale trigger concerns over cash

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

‘Inadequate’ Furness College chooses merger partner

Announcement follows an FE Commissioner structure and prospects appraisal

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

College teacher shortages put government missions at risk, say MPs

Committee also tells ministers to assess how effective pay rises are at retaining staff amid concerns over 6,500 teacher…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Colleges

Northern College proposes merger after weathering ‘perfect storm’

The adult residential college has set out the plan four years after opting to remain standalone

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

Make post-16 an ‘integrated’ tertiary system – report

EPI calls for ‘holistic’ tertiary education system ahead of imminent post-16 white paper

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Fuel pumped up with Ofsted’s premium rating

Large leadership and management provider aims to double apprentice numbers after grade one feat

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Exams

Ofqual scrutinising Edexcel’s A-level maths replacement paper

Over 2,000 students sign petition after substitute paper ‘lacked key topics’ 

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Colleges

City of Liverpool staffers awarded £100k over principal’s relative controversy

Ex-college managers awarded maximum unfair dismissal compensation

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

‘It’s refreshing Labour isn’t thrusting random vision on sector’ – Francis

Curriculum review chair says Phillipson’s approach means her review won’t ‘tip the sector over’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

College mulls judicial review after downgrade to ‘good’

Previously ‘outstanding’ Farnborough College of Technology said its March inspection ‘focused obsessively’ on A-levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
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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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel