FE workforce

UCU staff strike called off as talks continue

Individual public statements also banned until dispute is settled, which sparks hypocrisy accusations

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE workforce

AoC warns of 2% limit to college pay recommendation for 2024/25

FE workers still in limbo on 2024/25 pay rise

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Apprenticeship levy reform is like opening ‘Pandora’s box’, Labour warned

FE Week explores where the proposed growth and skills levy has got to ahead of the party’s conference next…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

SEND students now allowed to listen to music during exams

Mental health support service referral letters can also used to apply for extra support from this year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Adult education

£500m skills bootcamps failing to boost job prospects

Results data for 2021-22 finally published ahead of crunch budget decision

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Josh Mellor
Assessment

AI can pass almost all level 3 assessments, study finds

OU recommends that institutions should focus on question design rather than detecting AI misuse

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor


Skills reform

Stop construction skills training duplication, charity urges government

Increasing the supply of construction workers is critical to the government’s 1.5 million new homes pledge

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education

Charity’s online skills bootcamps applauded by Ofsted

Inspectors highlight ‘transformational effect’ for adults struggling to find work

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

‘Outrageous’ FE teacher pay gap causing huge vacancies in key priority skills

College teachers are earning around a quarter less than school teachers

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Merging London college appoints new principal

Date for merger with the country’s only ‘inadequate’ sixth form college also revealed

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Tight controls on new levy to avoid ‘complete racket’ – report

Many fear that without more funding, levy flexibilities will mean fewer apprenticeships

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
WorldSkills 2024

Team UK win silver and bronze at WorldSkills Lyon

Medallions for excellence also achieved by half of Team UK

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