Skills reform Skills England launches beta version of skills classification tool Skills classification tool to be fully rolled out next year Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo News Animal care awarding body acquired by private equity-backed firm VetSkill Ltd has joined Phenna Group FE Week Reporter 4mo FE Week Reporter 4mo Long read, Young people Long read The politics behind the King of the North’s MBacc mission Andy Burnham is grabbing headlines with his ambition for the MBacc technical education programme. But take-up has been slower… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo News Revealed: The 2025 Pearson Teaching Awards winners Outgoing FE Commissioner Shelagh Legrave honoured with a special lifetime achievement award FE Week Reporter 4mo FE Week Reporter 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Sponsored post Sponsored Bett UK 2026: Learning without limits Education is humanity’s greatest promise and our most urgent mission. Tyler Palmer 4mo BETT Show 2026 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo 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 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Newer 1 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 854 Older Must read Awarding Breaking Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 2h Josh Mellor 2h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
