16-19

Young NEETs approaches 1m

The figures will continue to rise without 'drastic change', experts warn

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

Hairdressing apprenticeships face extinction under Labour tax rises, says report

Hairdressing salons are increasingly moving to self-employed worker business models to counter high tax costs

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Devolution

Skills devolution spreads with plan for six new regions

Millions in skills funding will be handed to mayors, with ringfences lifted on budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
T Levels

No answers for failed T Level students in re-mark fiasco

College and awarding organisation have failed to resolve the issue six months on

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education, Politics

Come clean on cuts, demand adult education providers

Providers face uncertainty after news emerged in a 'fragmented' fashion

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Legal win fails to spark Catholic sixth form academy bids  

A suggestion that sixth forms could form their own trust faces barriers from bishops who aren't used to power...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Ban mandatory bikini waxes on beauty students, says mum

A college tutor wrongly claimed a 16-year-old needed to undergo waxing to pass her course

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, sixth form colleges

Sixth form college academisation reaches tipping point

But some principals doubt whether the Labour wants new academy conversions

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Careers, Qualifications

Early years qualification rules relaxed amid recruitment crisis

Managers will be able to count staff with level 2 qualifications as level 3 in staff-to-child ratios

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor