Awarding Charity Commission to ‘obtain more information’ about City & Guilds sale Foundation also confirms chair Dame Ann Limb will step down this year Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Apprenticeships Purse strings tighten for Multiverse as losses widen Headcount drops and cash nearly halved in past year but leaders insist company is ‘trending towards profitability’ Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo News New year honours 2026: Who got what in FE and skills? Gongs for college principals, apprenticeship advocates and a WorldSkills UK gold medallist FE Week Reporter 1mo FE Week Reporter 1mo News 2025 review: A defining year for further education and skills FE Week editor Shane Chowen looks back at a year of reform, rhetoric and reckoning for further education Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo News New peer and former City and Guilds chair admits wrongly claiming PhD Dame Ann Limb has been awarded several honorary doctorates but has not completed a full PhD Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Ofsted Ofsted enacts ‘contingency plan’ as inspection notes software glitches again Inspectors adjusting to new framework will have to follow ‘alternative processes’ when inspections resume in January Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2mo Colleges College pulls statement about its future after failing to get DfE sign off The now-retracted Havant and South Downs College press release claimed it has a ‘strong and independent future’ Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Training Providers Brenda McLeish quits Learning Curve Group McLeish has also resigned from the board of AELP FE Week Reporter 2mo FE Week Reporter 2mo News Sixth form college teacher banned for life over sexual messages to student Leaders ‘shocked and saddened’ but ‘confident this was a one-off’ Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Long read FE Commissioner: ‘I never intended to force college mergers – but bigger groups have thrived’ Shelagh Legrave also reflects on ‘sobering’ reminders of bad governance in her final annual report Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Colleges UK to rejoin Erasmus in 2027 UK will contribute around £570m to the EU student exchange scheme from 2027-28 Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Apprenticeships Revealed: First 93 apprenticeships chosen for assessment reform 40 construction standards also listed for revision but only once a new taskforce irons out specific industry concerns Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 846 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
