FE workforce Handover of £233m teachers’ pensions contract to Tata delayed Capita’s passing over of contract it ran for almost 30 years postponed from October to next summer Lydia Chantler-Hicks 7mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 7mo Colleges New principal takes the reins at Cumbrian college Kendal College confirms appointment of Jason Turton FE Week Reporter 7mo FE Week Reporter 7mo Apprenticeships Sponsored Spotlight on excellence: Nominations now open for the Apprenticeship & Training Awards 2026 Nominations are open for the 2026 Apprenticeship & Training Awards, celebrating outstanding employers and providers with national recognition, a… FE Week Reporter 7mo FE Week Reporter 7mo Apprenticeships Rob May appointed as new Innovate Awarding MD The former City & Guilds manager has been appointed to head up the awarding body arm of the Lifetime… FE Week Reporter 7mo FE Week Reporter 7mo Young people NEET trailblazer schemes given £45m extension Local ‘youth guarantee’ pilots will be funded for an extra year Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo Young people GCSE resits 2025: English and maths pass rates stable amid entries surge But males overtake females in maths as colleges brace for even more resit students in English Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo Apprenticeships ‘Less ambitious’ nursing apprenticeships pledge criticised New target comes ahead of a ‘refreshed’ NHS workforce plan later this year Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo Apprenticeships, Colleges, Ofsted College-run ITP awarded its own ‘outstanding’ The feat means all parts of a West Mids college group now hold Ofsted’s top grade Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo Skills reform Migrant skills tax take tumbled by £100m last year Income from the immigration skills charge fell for the first time in four years amid calls for transparency over… Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo Colleges Exclusive College taken to High Court over £6.6m row with developers A college director allegedly said he would ‘run around Wandsworth Park naked’ if the deal didn’t go through Shane Chowen 7mo Shane Chowen 7mo Ofsted, Training Providers Exclusive Training provider to close after 40 years following damning Ofsted report Managing director blasts ‘unfair’ inspection which found ‘ineffective’ safeguarding Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo Politics Saqib Bhatti appointed as Conservative shadow education minister New shadow minister takes aim at level 7 apprenticeship cuts and tax rises on FE providers Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo Newer 1 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 850 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
