News Julie McCulloch to join EPI as new chief executive ASCL policy chief ‘hugely privileged’ to take over as CEO of think tank EPI Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3w Politics Suella Braverman named Reform UK’s skills spokesperson Former home secretary wants half of all young people to train in trades Ruth Lucas 3w Ruth Lucas 3w Training Providers Learner loan probe lands provider with £111k clawback Lionheart in the Community has challenged the findings Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Apprenticeships Grants launched to jumpstart early years degree apprenticeships Ministers hope apprentices will start in Autumn Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w Ofsted Ofsted requests providers publish QR code with report card content Watchdog wants links to full reports to avoid ‘cherry picking’ only positive grades Samantha Booth 4w Samantha Booth 4w Colleges KCSIE 2026: Everything colleges need to know Proposed guidance strengthens expectations around serious violence Ruth Lucas 4w Ruth Lucas 4w FE workforce UCU wins £19k from teacher it represented in court claim Judge orders ex-teacher to pay her union after multiple failed claims of discrimination Anviksha Patel 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Apprenticeships Exclusive Management apprenticeships on the chopping block, minister confirms Government gears up to tell employers which apprenticeships ‘aren’t appropriate for public funding’ Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden 4w Apprenticeships Exclusive ‘Tight group’ of apprenticeship units to launch in April ‘Paltry’ initial short course offer expected to focus on engineering/construction and AI Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden 4w Colleges DfE urges ‘very careful approach’ to social transition in colleges Draft guidance needs to ‘go further’ to recognise needs of college-age students, says AoC Ruth Lucas 4w Ruth Lucas 4w Apprenticeships Apprenticeship budget top-up piles cost pressure on ministers Mid-year adjustment to 2025-26 allocation reinforces warnings the system is operating on increasingly fine margins Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden 4w News Student Loans Company turns the Page with new chair Board member Gary Page will take over from Peter Lauener in April FE Week Reporter 4w FE Week Reporter 4w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 850 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
