Higher education

OfS to end TEF opt-out for colleges and small providers

Office for Students also considers adding apprenticeship outcomes to its quality measures

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Careers

Careers service shake-up ‘rebrand, not reform’, say MPs

The government wants Jobcentres to offer more employment support and careers advice

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Confirmed: Skills England moved to DWP from today

Skills England CEO says move “really makes sense”

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, T Levels

T Level funding to be lagged from 2027

Switch will end the use of estimated student numbers but keep in-year reconciliation

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Ofsted, Training Providers

Jarvis Training collapse followed damning Ofsted verdict

Training quality had “declined significantly” since the last inspection

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
EuroSkills 2025

Team UK takes six medals at EuroSkills Herning

UK ‘skills olympians’ win bronze medals for industry 4.0 and five prestigious medallions for excellence at EuroSkills 2025

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


T Levels

T Level ambassador cash goes unspent despite awareness struggles

Network also fails to recruit enough employer ambassadors

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
EuroSkills 2025

Euroskills 2025: Competition comes to a roaring close

Team UK await results of their months-long efforts after finishing three-day competition

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Ofsted

‘Outstanding’ university bootcamps praised by Ofsted

Inspectors were impressed with the course’s ‘exceptional’ curriculum

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Level 7 starts spike as employers race to beat funding axe

Early data shows one training provider has already recruited 1,000 more leadership apprentices

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

Skills move risks destabilising ‘sofa surfing’ policy area

But some believe the move could cut ‘frustrating duplication’ between the DWP and DfE

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor

Must read

16-19

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill