News

Watchdog opens ‘statutory inquiry’ into City & Guilds sale

Executive bonuses and trustees’ ‘decision making’ to be formally probed

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education

Mayors walk away from skills bootcamps

Devolution rules mean local leaders are gaining more freedom over their policy plans

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Prison education

Cuts to prison education being hidden, says watchdog

Minister urged to explain budget cuts of up to 65% in some prisons

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Sponsored post

Teaching leadership early: the missing piece in youth employability

Leaders in education and industry are ready to play their part in tackling the UK’s alarming levels of youth…

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Apprenticeships

DfE raises stakes in fraudulent apprenticeship funding court fight

Officials countersue ex-provider for £800k after alleged unlawful use of skills funding to pay apprentice wages

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

November resits: Upturn in English GSCE pass rate

But maths resit pass rate drops slightly and widens in older age groups

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Young people

New GCSE results app to be rolled out nationwide

It follows a pilot where just six per cent of invited schools and colleges took part, but ministers hope…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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
Josh Mellor
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
Anviksha Patel
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
FE Week Reporter
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
Shane Chowen
Awarding, Politics

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
Josh Mellor

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Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
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