EuroSkills 2025 On your (Den)marks, get set, go Team UK off to a strong start at EuroSkills 2025 Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Apprenticeships Pair of Swiss-owned training providers suddenly close Thousands of apprentices affected as Woodspeen Training and Jarvis Training Management announce insolvency Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo Colleges New ‘school profiles’ to be explored for colleges DfE will pilot the ‘one-stop shop’ tool this year Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo EuroSkills 2025 EuroSkills 2025: Competition opened by WorldSkills UK chief EuroSkills champions carry the ‘promise of Europe’s future’ amid climate crisis and changing technologies Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Ofsted Long read Ofsted overhaul: What you need to know about new-style inspections More grades and more data – Ofsted’s report cards confirmed FE Week Reporter 7mo FE Week Reporter 7mo Ofsted Ofsted tweaks colour-coded scale and FE graded areas But unions criticise ‘minor and cosmetic’ report card changes while an independent review warns ‘stress’ and ‘high stakes’ won’t… Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo Colleges Five defence technical excellence colleges to open by 2026 A package of defence initiatives also includes an apprenticeship clearing system and skills passports Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo Politics Reshuffle: 15 facts about new education ministers Three MPs from the class of ’24 have joined the education ministerial team – here’s what you need to… FE Week Reporter 7mo FE Week Reporter 7mo Colleges Colleges reclaim £2.8m ahead of landmark VAT case The outcome of an appeal case next year could cost colleges millions Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo Colleges Don’t return to ‘punitive’ intervention, colleges tell new FE Commissioner Reformed Ofsted inspections, college staff shortages and a new post-16 strategy face the new FE Commissioner Ellen Thinnesen Shane Chowen 7mo Shane Chowen 7mo Politics Reshuffle: Two-bosses Smith stays on skills McKinnell, Daby and Morgan out, Gould, Bailey and MacAlister in Shane Chowen 7mo Shane Chowen 7mo EuroSkills 2025 Team UK on the start line for EuroSkills 2025 19 students and apprentices will compete in the European finals next week Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Newer 1 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 854 Older Must read Awarding 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 5h Josh Mellor 5h 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