Building and engineering boards in merger consultation Details of the proposal are due to be published next month
Reeves hints at more NEET reforms in spring statement Estimates of young people out of work and training grew by 11,000 to 957,000 in the last three months of 2025.
Second LLE short course trial falls short on recruitment Providers faced challenges convincing students or employers to sign up ahead of the lifelong learning entitlement’s launch
Level 3 clear-out: Hundreds of courses get fewer than 10 students New figures show widespread low enrolment across vocational qualifications as ministers push ahead with controversial reform
‘Fundamentally wrong’: Greater Lincolnshire leaders approve ESOL cuts Local politicians clash over Reform mayor’s controversial policy during combined county council budget meeting
Greater Lincolnshire set to cut ESOL courses from 2027, Reform UK mayor confirms Rollout will be delayed by a year so training providers have time to ‘adjust’
Grants launched to jumpstart early years degree apprenticeships Ministers hope apprentices will start in Autumn
Changing of the guard at Waltham Forest College Principal Janet Gardner is standing down after taking the college from intervention to ‘outstanding’ financial health
National college capacity funding opens alongside new DfE estates strategy Some areas will see their 16 to 17-year-old population swell by up to 900 people per year