Colleges DfE begins search for next FE Commissioner Shelagh Legrave’s replacement will get small salary boost Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Inclusion, WorldSkills UK WorldSkills UK EDI heroes 2025 revealed Nine awards for outstanding individuals, institutions and initiatives that break down barriers to technical training have been announced FE Week Reporter 3mo FE Week Reporter 3mo T Levels Payments fail to solve T Level work placement problem Latest incentive scheme flops as training providers hand back nearly £4 million Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges, Long read Investigation Searching for a hire power High vacancy rates continue to blight FE, with courses scrapped and agency costs soaring. We examine teacher recruitment problems… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Politics, Skills reform Trott leads charge against IfATE bill in the Commons Attacks on Skills England’s proximity to ministers and lack of accountability to parliament also came from Labour benches Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ grade upheld for engineering ITP Herefordshire and Worcestershire Group Training Association Limited receives top marks for the second time in a row Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges, Ofsted Joyce quits Ofsted for college leadership role The watchdog’s FE chief is ‘delighted’ to join a midlands college leadership team in the summer Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Adult education, Budget Providers denied in-year adult ed growth cash The government claims devolution and high delivery rates this year mean it has less funding to spare Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Ofsted Car-crash Ofsted report for motor industry trainer New owners got the Ofsted call nearly two months after taking over online apprenticeship provider Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Employment Young NEETs approaches 1m The figures will continue to rise without ‘drastic change’, experts warn Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo Higher education Phillipson picks Peck as Office for Students chair The vice chancellor previously argued for new ‘applied universities’ to lead on higher technical skills training Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Newer 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 809 Older Must read Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
