King’s Birthday Honours 2025: Ex-ESFA CEO Peter Lauener knighted More than 20 people with links to FE recognised including an OBE for former principal Verity Hancock
UK withdraws entries from WorldSkills after DfE grant cut The Education and Training Foundation and the Careers and Enterprise Company have also been told to economise
Burnham boosts cash to solve FE capacity crisis Projections suggest thousands of extra places will be needed for 17 and 18-year-olds in the next three years
Hasta la Prevista as training provider suffers liquidation The company was sold to an employee ownership trust four years ago
Bootcamp job interviews treated as ‘tick-box’ exercise, third year participants say Evaluation does however show ‘encouraging’ improvements in the programme
IFS: ‘Intense pressure’ to come for further education budgets The government faces tough choices about how to spread likely funding reductions
Days of DfE adult ed procurement could be over The department hasn’t ruled out taking an ‘alternative commissioning approach’ to the current contract
Youth NEET numbers remain ‘stubbornly high’ Behind the numbers are young people facing mental health issues and long term unemployment
Acland-Hood: I was wrong about our FE probe policy The DfE still hasn’t released the findings of hundreds of investigations into FE providers