FE workforce

DfE and Ofsted staff will strike again on budget day

Walk-out by PCS union members on March 15 will also coincide with the next national teachers’ strike

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Exams dominate the UK’s education system. They have come to define what is taught, how it is taught, and…

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Apprenticeships, Long read

Apprenticeships could make medicine careers more accessible and cheaper – but the stakes are high if it goes wrong

Expanding degree apprenticeships is a hot political priority, with an ambition for them to widen access to a variety…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships

‘Gamechanger’: UCAS to begin advertising apprenticeships

DfE confirms students will be able to search and apply for apprenticeship vacancies on UCAS site from 2024

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Ofsted

Sussex sixth form college retains ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating 10 years after last visit

Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College gets top Ofsted rating in all areas

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
WorldSkills

WorldSkills UK names squad for Lyon 2024

Young competitors in skills areas from beauty therapy to cyber security are one step closer to representing the UK…

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor


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Does CPD really lead to benefits on the ‘front line’? The worlds of education and business are evolving. Educators…

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Many further education colleges are facing difficulties in maintaining and growing income in the face of unprecedented challenges for…

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Adult education, Apprenticeships, Long read

How HGV bootcamps helped to ease a skills crisis

FE Week looks at whether the HGV driver crisis remains and what the impact has been on apprenticeships

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Adult education

Adult education procurement launches with ‘more robust’ contract management

Procurement has launched for adult education budget and free courses for jobs provision in non-devolved areas for 2023/24

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Adult education

West Yorkshire’s 10% boost for adult education

West Yorkshire Combined Authority follows Greater London and West Midlands for inflation-matching AEB rise

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships, Training Providers

Defence giant Babcock offloads part of its training business

New training provider Inspiro has launched following the sale of Babcock’s ‘non-core’ training business and closure of its assessment…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

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Colleges, Long read

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
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
News

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
Shane Chowen