Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Starmer swerves a deadline for headline ‘two-thirds’ target ‘If there’s no date for people to work towards, then it’s just a vague aspiration’, says ex-SpAd Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Apprenticeships £100bn digital ID contract is a Blair faced lie, says Multiverse ‘We are not an app provider, even for £100 billion…’ Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Skills reform FE to get ‘extra £800m’ next year as Starmer ‘scraps’ 50% uni target PM replaces Blair’s mantra with a new goal that includes FE and apprenticeships and teases post-16 white paper plans Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Skills reform McFadden: Youth guarantee will have ‘more opportunity’ than the YTS Work and pensions secretary pledges to make the new policy ‘more attractive’ than the previous youth training scheme Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Higher education Maintenance grants to return under the LLE, Phillipson announces Value of the grants will be revealed at next month’s budget Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Skills reform Labour conference 2025: Pat McFadden’s full speech The work and pensions secretary, who now controls most of the skills brief, addressed the party’s annual conference in… Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Young people Chancellor to ‘guarantee’ job or training place to young NEETs New scheme to strip benefits from young people that refuse work or training in a bid to tackle rising… FE Week Reporter 4mo FE Week Reporter 4mo Devolution Khan puts business bosses in skills driving seat The mayor wants employers with skills gaps to help commission skills programmes in the capital Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Staff Government promises details of 6,500-teacher manifesto pledge DfE will publish a full delivery plan by December Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Ofsted Exclusive Report cards: Q&A with Ofsted national director Lee Owston One of Ofsted’s most senior officials speaks about FE’s new inspection regime, a month before it comes into force Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Colleges Exclusive UCU’s 76-college hit list shocks principals Unions demand 10 per cent pay rise and national pay bargaining or face formal disputes Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Newer 1 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 844 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
