Apprenticeships, ATC 2026 Apprenticeship and Training Awards 2026 finalists revealed Judges unveil shortlist of 94 training providers, employers, colleges and universities for this year’s ATAs FE Week Reporter 3mo FE Week Reporter 3mo Awarding ‘Good progress’ towards NCFE recovery after cyber incident Apprenticeship end point assessments will resume early next week Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Apprenticeships ‘Exceptionally challenging economic conditions’ cited as Acacia Training closes The company is expected to formally appoint administrators in ‘mid-December’ Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo Colleges Troubled Burnley College appoints new principal Karen Buchanan’s successor has been revealed amid a government investigation into achievement rates Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Awarding NCFE shuts down systems after ‘cyber incident’ T Level assessments can continue but apprenticeship EPAs have been cancelled Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo News Top Ofsted grades soar in final year of overall effectiveness system Final stats show 88% of FE and skills providers hold either ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Colleges OfS to reduce dual-regulation burden on colleges But full registration conditions will still apply to colleges with degree-awarding powers Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo WorldSkills UK national finals 2025 1/12/2025 Find out more Skills reform Skills England launches beta version of skills classification tool Skills classification tool to be fully rolled out next year Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 Newer 1 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 850 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
