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, FE workforce 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 Awarding Long read Interview: David Gallagher elected chair of FAB NCFE chief outlines his priorities to help awarding bodies weather a storm of reform Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Training Providers Remit Training sale puts new owners in the driving seat The ‘outstanding’ training provider was acquired this week Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Colleges FE providers in scope for £925 international student levy The levy will fund targeted maintenance grants for disadvantaged students Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo Newer 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 850 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