Colleges

Principal of cash-strapped college to retire

Decade-serving boss says decision to leave Hampshire college was ‘not made lightly’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

FE inquiry: College designations, postcode lotteries and student poverty

Sector leaders make the case for reclassifying SEND colleges, student maintenance support and avoiding dangerous devolution

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

SeaRegs Training makes waves with first Ofsted ‘outstanding’

Plymouth-based marine apprenticeship provider charts course to top rating

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Phillipson: Scrapping level 7 apprenticeships won’t harm skills supply

Education secretary also reveals application process for Technical Excellence Colleges to open this term

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills England, Skills reform

Phillipson tells Skills England what to prioritise in first year

New body told to produce annual skills assessment, ensure consistency of LSIPs and boost domestic workforce

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

Bootcamp job interviews treated as ‘tick-box’ exercise, third year participants say

Evaluation does however show ‘encouraging’ improvements in the programme

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor


Workforce

Seven findings from DfE’s third FE workforce data release

Figures from over 1,300 colleges and providers were collected in 2023-24

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Burnley College principal officially suspended

Karen Buchanan is under ‘ongoing investigation’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Nine in ten level 7 apprentices will be ineligible for funding, new figures reveal

Under-22s, who can still be funded, made up 11 per cent of level 7 apprenticeship starts last year

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Spending Review 2025

IFS: ‘Intense pressure’ to come for further education budgets

The government faces tough choices about how to spread likely funding reductions

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Skills England board members revealed

Leaders from colleges, training providers, businesses, trade unions and local government have made the list

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships, Politics, Skills reform

Level 7 apprenticeship funding to be axed from January 2026

DfE also announces ‘priority’ bootcamp funding for next year and confirms apprenticeship budget increase to over £3bn

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

Must read

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
16-19

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
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel