Higher education

OfS closes HE register and puts new degree powers on ice

Regulator shuts register and closes applications for degree awarding powers until August 2025 to focus on financial struggles of…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

DfE eases T Level work placement rules to boost take up

Ministers announce measures to extend hybrid working and ‘cut red tape’ for employers and colleges

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
FE workforce

Sixth form college teachers add 4 more days of strike action

NEU says members ‘will not back down’ from pay dispute with government

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Day in the life, Long read

A day in the life of an ESOL teacher

The role is about so much more than teaching the language

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
FE workforce

Revealed: The 2024 Pearson Teaching Awards winners

Sixteen winners from early years, schools and colleges recognised

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Ofsted

Ofsted chair Dame Christine Ryan to step down

Education secretary praises Ryan for leadership during ‘a period of significant challenges’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey


Apprenticeships

Off-the-job ‘confusion’ sparks apprentice mental health warning

Apprentices struggling with anxiety and stress from job and college demands, survey finds

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE workforce

Restructure triggers fresh UCU staff strikes

UCU claims strike action ‘undermines’ efforts to solve internal dispute

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education

Multiply subtracted: Sunak’s flagship maths scheme to end

DfE confirms public subsidy for the programme will cease next year

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

Ditching level 7 apprenticeships saves £240m, MPs told

Spending figures from 2017 to 2024 revealed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Pearson and colleges agree truce over GCSE resits row

Plans for a judicial review over this summer’s grade boundary hike have been dropped

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
FE workforce

Sixth form college teachers march on Westminster

Union members take pay fight to DfE HQ

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

Must read

Colleges, Long read

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
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
News

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
Shane Chowen