News Animal care awarding body acquired by private equity-backed firm VetSkill Ltd has joined Phenna Group FE Week Reporter 3mo FE Week Reporter 3mo Long read, Young people Long read The politics behind the King of the North’s MBacc mission Andy Burnham is grabbing headlines with his ambition for the MBacc technical education programme. But take-up has been slower… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo News Revealed: The 2025 Pearson Teaching Awards winners Outgoing FE Commissioner Shelagh Legrave honoured with a special lifetime achievement award FE Week Reporter 3mo FE Week Reporter 3mo WorldSkills UK WorldSkills UK national finals: Welsh colleges top 2025 medal table ‘The future of the economy’ honoured as gold, silver and bronze medals awarded after a tough week of national… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo WorldSkills UK WorldSkills UK: 2025 foundation skills medallists announced Over 70 SEND and high needs students competed in eight national skills competition finals in Cardiff today Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges, Staff UCU reveals January strike days in 32 colleges Teachers and lecturers will walk out for three days over pay and workloads Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges DfE’s £20m spike cash helps buy 9,000 student places With student numbers climbing sharply, colleges in northern England are using emergency cash to buy new buildings and convert… Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo Sponsored post Sponsored Bett UK 2026: Learning without limits Education is humanity’s greatest promise and our most urgent mission. Tyler Palmer 3mo BETT Show 2026 3mo Apprenticeships, Politics Reeves puts the ‘squeeze’ on big employers with budget levy tweaks Chancellor warned that trio of reforms ‘risks dampening appetite among levy-paying organisations already dealing with rising hiring, pension and… Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Skills reform Officials hesitate over V Level licence model DfE is also seeking views on whether the new qualification should be ‘small’ or ‘medium’ sized Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo Apprenticeships, Awarding ‘We’re not diluting apprenticeships’: Skills England deputy hits back at assessment reform backlash ‘It’s not about reducing competency. It’s not about dumbing down – you have my word on that.’ Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Apprenticeships, Training Providers Analysis: Multiverse closes in on Lifetime’s apprenticeship lead New figures show level 7 apprenticeships drove most of this year’s growth as under-19 starts fell to their lowest… Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Newer 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 847 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1w Jessica Hill 1w Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people Long read 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
