News Watchdog opens ‘statutory inquiry’ into City & Guilds sale Executive bonuses and trustees’ ‘decision making’ to be formally probed Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Adult education Mayors walk away from skills bootcamps Devolution rules mean local leaders are gaining more freedom over their policy plans Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Sponsored post Sponsored 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… Advertorial 2mo Chartered Management Institute 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Samantha Booth 2mo 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 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo FE Week Reporter 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Newer 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 849 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive 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 4d Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 4d Colleges, Long read Investigation 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w Colleges, Long read Exclusive 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo