Politics Oli de Botton appointed ‘expert adviser’ to Starmer on skills Former headteacher will leave role at the Careers and Enterprise Company this month Freddie Whittaker 9mo Freddie Whittaker 9mo Colleges Ofsted: Schools and colleges must improve ‘poor’ careers advice Most college students can’t remember what careers guidance they had in school Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Higher education, Training Providers Trainee teachers dumped in cafes and shops for work placements Applied Business Academy liquidated before facing ‘significant penalties’ Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo Ofsted ‘Inadequate’ blow for newcomer to care home manager training Franhen Consultancy’s apprenticeship funding contract now hangs in the balance Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo News AQA buys Construction EPA Company Exam body expands further into vocational training space Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo Colleges Revealed: £302m college condition allocations DfE also dishes out additional £20m to Leeds and Greater Manchester to help manage student population surge Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo AI AI tool for electronics teaching developed by ex-IfATE board member The tool was funded through a competition for AI tools that could save teachers time Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo WorldSkills UK WorldSkills UK names squad for Shanghai 2026 Over 80 students and apprentices will undergo intense training to prepare for WorldSkills Shanghai Anviksha Patel 10mo Anviksha Patel 10mo Adult education, Devolution ‘Back door devolution’ as 11 councils get extra procurement powers But not all councils are aware of the DfE’s plans Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Long read Investigation Attending to the problem Exclusive data reveals student absenteeism has got worse across further education since the Covid lockdowns – but colleges are… Jessica Hill 10mo Jessica Hill 10mo Skills bootcamps Exclusive Bootcamp provider in whistleblower probe collapses ‘I’m not one of these cowboys who treat people like dirt’ Anviksha Patel 10mo Anviksha Patel 10mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 10mo Anviksha Patel 10mo Newer 1 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 841 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
