Students

A third of colleges reported a death by suicide in past year, survey finds

Leaders call for more support through Labour’s new children’s wellbeing bill

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
WorldSkills 2024

Watch live: WorldSkills 2024 opening ceremony

Cheer on Team UK as they fly the flag alongside mainstage performances and an address from President Macron at…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics

Revealed: The three candidates for education committee chair

Two former children’s minister and disability rights campaigner compete for influential job

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
WorldSkills 2024

WorldSkills 2028 host country revealed

Delegates at the WorldSkills general assembly have voted on who to host the 2028 competition – with Japan winning…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
WorldSkills 2024

Team UK land in Lyon for WorldSkills

FE Week is on location in Lyon as members of Team UK make final preparations for a week of…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Long read, Skills England

Can Skills England really fix our broken skills system?

Labour quango Skills England has a mission to boost growth by fixing skills gaps, but how can it swerve the…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill


Ofsted

Ofsted’s website shows FE sub-judgments for first time

The move comes four months after the watchdog made the same change to schools’ profiles

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
DfE, Qualifications

BTEC review terms kept secret despite transparency pleas

Publishing the terms of its review could have a ‘corrosive’ effect on good government, the DfE argues

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofsted

Coffey with Camden: Spilling the beans on Ofsted reforms

A Q&A with the inspectorate’s COO

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Students

Twice as many students suspended in colleges since Covid

Never-before-seen data reveals the scale of exclusions and suspensions in FE

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
DfE, ITPs

Private provider’s bankruptcy leaves north east IoT £3m out of pocket

The DfE and liquidators are staying tight-lipped over whether high-tech equipment is recoverable

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform, T Levels

Wave 3 T Level contracts set to more than double in value

Government continues to respond to affordability concerns from awarding bodies

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

Must read

Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor