Apprenticeships, Skills reform Exclusive Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships More employer groups gear up to fight assessment shake-up that ‘risks damaging the brand and driving employers away’ Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Adult education Reverse adult education cuts now, protesters tell MPs Hundreds of adult education advocates lobby MPs to pay attention to funding cuts Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w Ofsted Ofsted deputy chief Matthew Coffey to retire The former FE teacher will leave the watchdog next month FE Week Reporter 2w FE Week Reporter 2w Sponsored post Sponsored Confidence, curiosity, and connection: How colleges are building learners for life Acting as the bridge between school and adulthood for many young people, colleges play a powerful role in shaping… Advertorial 2w Pearson 2w Ofsted New Ofsted inspection process is FE sector’s ‘chance to shine’, says Oliver Watchdog also reveals it will publish first report cards in batches ‘so no one feels exposed’ Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Colleges Finalists revealed for 2025 Good for Me Good for FE awards Judges have selected 25 college staff, students and projects for this year’s awards FE Week Reporter 2w FE Week Reporter 2w Staff UCU ballot results: 32 colleges vote to strike over pay and workload Pay deals were agreed at a further 17 colleges during the ballot window Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w Skills reform LSIPs 2.0: Colleges and universities told to pool intelligence New guidance builds on white paper pledge for ‘more coherent’ post-16 pathways Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w Colleges Colleges take £20m slice of OfS capital funding 134 colleges awarded one fifth of £92m pot to ‘address the government’s industrial strategy and priority sectors’ Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w Training Providers Performance Through People bought by chamber of commerce ‘Business-as-usual’ after training provider deal is announced Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w Colleges South Devon job cuts turned college finances to ‘small surplus’ The college’s reserves have been ‘depleted’ to pay for capital costs due to low income in recent years Josh Mellor 2w Josh Mellor 2w Colleges Newbury College considers merger after FE Commissioner intervention Decision to be made on the college’s future this spring Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 837 Older Must read 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
