Remit Training sale puts new owners in the driving seat The ‘outstanding’ training provider was acquired this week
Interview: David Gallagher elected chair of FAB NCFE chief outlines his priorities to help awarding bodies weather a storm of reform
Budget 2025: Free training extended to under 25 apprentices in SMEs Chancellor also reveals levy funding changes for big businesses and announces youth guarantee will be backed with £820m over 3 years
Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships More employer groups gear up to fight assessment shake-up that ‘risks damaging the brand and driving employers away’
New Ofsted inspection process is FE sector’s ‘chance to shine’, says Oliver Watchdog also reveals it will publish first report cards in batches ‘so no one feels exposed’
Milburn must ‘join the dots’ to help NEETs Experts urge independent review to ‘break down the policy silos’
Degree apprenticeships less accessible to disadvantaged young people than Russell Group unis Research reignites warnings that the route risks becoming ‘another middle-class preserve’
Alan Milburn to lead ‘uncompromising’ review into rising NEETs Investigation will place specific focus on the impact of mental health and disability
Cumbrian college principal retires after 16 years Chris Nattress will be replaced by Mark Fell at Lakes College