Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units
Employers offered £3,000 sweeteners to hire unemployed young people SMEs will also be able to claim £2,000 for taking on 16-24 year old apprentices
More detail to come on 16-19 funding, says Phillipson Education secretary responds to outcry from college leaders after breaking white paper pledge of real-terms 16-19 funding increase
Old-school class snobbery will not solve the university funding crisis Dismissing students with vocational entry qualifications as ‘not really capable of graduating’ is steeped in prejudice, not evidence, writes Hannah McCarthy
DfE ‘unconcerned’ by post-16 transport cliff-edge Weak data on SEND transport leaves ministers unable to assess impacts on attendance and rising NEET numbers
Student AI confessions prompted rethink, says Bauckham Ofqual to assess awarding orgs’ AI cheating policies while chief commits to ‘no easy’ V Levels
Nostalgia is not a strategy to navigate assessment evolution Mark Carney’s catchphrase applies as much to apprenticeships as Western powers in the Trump era – we must move forward and change, says Steve Smith
There is hope in SEND reform if we help steer what comes next Imposing solutions designed for schools on colleges comes with risks, but there is time to get proposals right, says Clare Howard
DfE to fund maternity pay improvements in colleges Funding to match a pledge to double school staff maternity pay to come in 2027