Election 2024, Politics

Election 2024: Education secretary Gillian Keegan loses her seat

Loss in Chichester to the Lib Dems comes amid disastrous night for the Tories

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024, Politics

Election 2024: ‘The British people have chosen change’ – Phillipson

Labour government will be powered by ‘belief that tomorrow could not just be different from today, but better’ says…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships, Politics, Skills reform

IfATE loses 30 staff in DfE cash cuts

Second-in-command Rob Nitsch is among the departures

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Inspiring Festival of Learning award winners 2024 honoured

Twelve individuals and organisations were celebrated for showing how adult learning can change lives

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

Lifetime Training revives with Ofsted grade 2

England’s largest apprenticeship provider lauded for ‘substantial’ quality improvements as achievement rates rise

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Training giant BPP to go on sale

Private equity owners looking for bids in the region of £2.5bn, according to reports

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Colleges, Students

Bursary payments for vulnerable students dip to new low

Compliance audits rise as colleges see more challenging ESFA rules

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, Devolution

WEA wins one-year grant reprieve from combined authority

North East Combined Authority’s cabinet said protests from learners informed its decision

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Election 2024, Politics

Not in poll position: Tory edu MPs facing election wipeout

How the polls are shaping up for the current education politicians and those hoping to take their jobs

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships

AELP conference 2024: Insights from ex-minister and new CEO

FE Week rounds up some of the key speeches

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Qualifications, T Levels

Revealed: Most T Level drop outs switch to axed courses

90% of T Level drop-outs that switched to other technical courses went on to qualifications due to be defunded

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

College international income takes off after Brexit and pandemic turbulence

£40m was raked in from foreign students and overseas ventures last year

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

16-19

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
Qualifications

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
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill