Sponsored post Sponsored Seismic changes to post-16 qualifications landscape Post-16 level 3 vocational qualifications in England are currently undergoing major reform. The post-16 education landscape from September 2025… OCR 3y OCR 3y Colleges, sixth forms Sixth form college delays closure after backlash from parents, union and MP Plans to close this academic year have been pushed back to July 2024 after leaders admit they ‘got it… Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Training Providers Exclusive Rail provider terminated amid combined authority funding dispute GNR Training and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority in dispute over contract payments Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships, Long read Investigation 1 in 10 established apprenticeships fail to recruit a single apprentice Employers speak out about “risk averse” training providers and “complex processes” preventing apprenticeship recruitment Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y News People pay billions more for training than employers and government, research claims Time to Learn report proposes fresh action to encourage learning Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y WorldSkills UK team for EuroSkills 2023 finals announced The UK’s young skills champions will head to Gdańsk, Poland, to compete later this year Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News AoC doubles down on refusal to make college pay proposal Unions left ‘deeply disappointed’ as association passes the buck to government amid 15.4% staff pay rise demand Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Colleges Land-for-homes sale ‘essential’ to keep college from closing Insolvency warning if £45m redevelopment falls through Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges First FE Commissioner intervention report published in over a year Troubled adult residential college praised for efforts to tackle safety concerns Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges MP urges struggling college to hit the brakes on campus closure ‘Underutilised’ site to shut to save on costs Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Assessment Exams: Some colleges ‘unnecessarily’ doing too many ‘plan B’ tests ‘Small number’ of colleges have ‘created a large number of new and additional mock exams and assessments’ Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y News UCU boss agrees to pay damages over ‘reckless’ tweets Jo Grady agrees payout to Paul Embery over tweets last summer Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Newer 1 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 839 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo Qualifications 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
