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 4w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4w Politics Suella Braverman named Reform UK’s skills spokesperson Former home secretary wants half of all young people to train in trades Ruth Lucas 4w Ruth Lucas 4w Training Providers Learner loan probe lands provider with £111k clawback Lionheart in the Community has challenged the findings Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w Apprenticeships Grants launched to jumpstart early years degree apprenticeships Ministers hope apprentices will start in Autumn Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo 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 1mo Samantha Booth 1mo Colleges KCSIE 2026: Everything colleges need to know Proposed guidance strengthens expectations around serious violence Ruth Lucas 1mo Ruth Lucas 1mo 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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and AI Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Colleges DfE urges ‘very careful approach’ to social transition in colleges Draft guidance needs to ‘go further’ to recognise needs of college-age students, says AoC Ruth Lucas 1mo Ruth Lucas 1mo Apprenticeships Apprenticeship budget top-up piles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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 1mo FE Week Reporter 1mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 851 Older Must read 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 23h Shane Chowen 23h 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
