Apprenticeships

‘World-class’ government apprenticeship app flops

Users hit with errors in government £1.2m app for apprentices

Shane Chowen
Bill Curtis
Colleges

Best-in-class social action champions wanted for FE awards

Nominations for the Good for Me Good for FE awards 2025 are now open

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges

Staff pay recommendation will be unaffordable for ‘many’ colleges, say AoC

Colleges with significant adult provision will find it ‘impossible’ to give 4 per cent pay rise

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Inclusion, Skills reform

MPs demand funding and transport guarantees for FE SEND students

Post-16 SEND students are ‘rarely prioritised’ says education committee

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Higher education

OfS to end TEF opt-out for colleges and small providers

Office for Students also considers adding apprenticeship outcomes to its quality measures

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Careers

Careers service shake-up ‘rebrand, not reform’, say MPs

The government wants Jobcentres to offer more employment support and careers advice

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor


Skills reform

Confirmed: Skills England moved to DWP from today

Skills England CEO says move “really makes sense”

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Young people

T Level funding to be lagged from 2027

Switch will end the use of estimated student numbers but keep in-year reconciliation

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Ofsted, Training Providers

Jarvis Training collapse followed damning Ofsted verdict

Training quality had “declined significantly” since the last inspection

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
EuroSkills 2025

Team UK takes six medals at EuroSkills Herning

UK ‘skills olympians’ win bronze medals for industry 4.0 and five prestigious medallions for excellence at EuroSkills 2025

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Young people

T Level ambassador cash goes unspent despite awareness struggles

Network also fails to recruit enough employer ambassadors

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
EuroSkills 2025

Euroskills 2025: Competition comes to a roaring close

Team UK await results of their months-long efforts after finishing three-day competition

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

Must read

Colleges, Politics

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
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
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