Young people DfE misses 2025-26 T Level starts target by nearly a fifth It comes a year after the NAO cast doubt on the scalability of the technical qualifications Anviksha Patel 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Young people Revealed: The first three V Level subject areas Teaching of the new vocational courses will begin next year in digital, education and finance Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w Young people DfE agrees to BTECs defunding delay Funding for the level 3 courses will now continue into the 2026-27 academic year as ministers amend ‘aggressive’ approach Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden 4w News Angela Middleton stripped of MBE by King Charles The ex-apprenticeship boss has honour revoked for ‘bringing the honours system into disrepute’ after owing DfE £12.5m Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden 4w Ofsted 88 providers granted Ofsted inspection delay New data shows FE providers had the highest rejection rate for inspection deferral requests across all Ofsted remits last… FE Week Reporter 4w FE Week Reporter 4w Apprenticeships Functional skills amend among DWP’s funding fixes Other rule changes in the works cover visas, subcontracting, completion payments and learning support reimbursements Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden 4w Colleges Children’s commissioner: Colleges forced to ‘mop up’ system failures Rachel de Souza says young people in post-16 education often ‘neglected’ due to a narrow focus on schools in… Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w Inclusion, Politics DfE ‘unconcerned’ by post-16 transport cliff-edge Weak data on SEND transport leaves ministers unable to assess impacts on attendance and rising NEET numbers Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w Awarding, Teaching, Young people Student AI confessions prompted rethink, says Bauckham Ofqual to assess awarding orgs’ AI cheating policies while chief commits to ‘no easy’ V Levels Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w Skills reform Building and engineering boards in merger consultation Details of the proposal are due to be published next month Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w Colleges David Bell to lead independent review on antisemitism in colleges The Skills England vice chair wants to ensure everyone can learn ‘free from prejudice and hate’ Samantha Booth 1mo Samantha Booth 1mo ATC 2026 Apprenticeships and Training Awards winners 2026 revealed Nineteen organisations named award-winners for exceptional work in training apprentices FE Week Reporter 1mo FE Week Reporter 1mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 854 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 4d Josh Mellor 4d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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
