Colleges Exclusive Principals scratch their heads over new improvement teams FE leaders warn Labour’s regional improvement teams risk duplicating oversight already performed by the FE Commissioner Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Colleges Weston freed of ‘traumatic’ NTI – but finance probe continues College out of intervention after strengthening governance procedures Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Revealed: DfE’s special payments to providers after funding blunder Wheels in motion for convoy of claims after unprecedented payouts Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Colleges, Skills reform Skills England urged to confront government on FE funding Joint AoC and UUK report also calls for ‘excessive’ competition to be challenged Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Colleges LSEC reveals civic rebrand London academies and college group unveils new umbrella brand to ’emphasise role as anchor institution’ FE Week Reporter 1mo FE Week Reporter 1mo Ofsted ASCL joins Ofsted preparation ‘cottage industry’ it once criticised Watchdog urges leaders not to ‘spend limited resources’ on preparing for inspection after union launches paid-for webinars John Dickens 1mo John Dickens 1mo Apprenticeships Lindsay Conroy appointed Association of Apprentices CEO The former UCAS apprenticeships lead will replace Emily Rock FE Week Reporter 1mo FE Week Reporter 1mo ITPs ITPs face automatic ‘inadequate’ financial rating for late accounts DfE urged to take proportionate approach to financial health rating punishment Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Adult education, Skills reform 10-year adult ed rescue plan would boost economy by £22bn, says L&W New report calls for tripling level 2 and 3 achievements and expanded lifelong learning entitlement Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Apprenticeships, Politics Badenoch: I’ll double apprenticeships budget by slashing uni degrees Leader of the opposition would reintroduce student number controls for ‘poor quality’ uni courses to fund apprenticeship boost Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Colleges £31k FE teacher training bursaries to continue in 2026-27 Experts say bursaries are ‘very effective for recruiting more teachers and retaining additional teachers long-term’ amid Labour’s 6.5k pledge Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Ofsted ‘Inadequate’ apprenticeship provider accuses Ofsted of creating ‘state of fear’ The firm unsuccessfully contested the rating Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 834 Older Must read 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 1w Anviksha Patel 1w 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 4w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
