Keir Starmer appoints new shadow skills minister Toby Perkins has been replaced by Seema Malhotra as shadow skills minister
What training providers need from Ofsted’s next chief inspector The new chief inspector should bring clarity, consistency and fairness for apprenticeship providers to Ofsted, writes Kerry Boffey
Families face a postcode lottery for SEND support. That needs to change Special needs staff work tirelessly to meet students’ needs, but often this job has been too hard, writes children’s minister Claire Coutinho
Students and apprentices need AI-informed educators to get ahead in the 4th industrial revolution Industries need training professionals to be on the front foot when guiding the next generation of recruits to careers that will inevitably be impacted by AI, writes Christian Warden and Richard Smith
T Level results 2023: 1 in 3 students dropped out Nearly a quarter scored top grades this year with an overall pass rate of 90.5 per cent
National Extension College: Sixty years of second chance learning The National Extension College has pioneered distance and second-chance education for six decades this August, and its founding mission is more relevant than ever, writes Sir Alan Tuckett
DfE renames struggling T Level transition programme Officials think the name change will improve progression to T Levels
‘Rip-off’ HE student cap a ‘worry’ for colleges Recruitment limits, foundation year fee cuts and a new website for apprenticeships have been announced
Missed deadline risks thousands of BTEC results Scores of schools and colleges missed the July 5 BTEC data deadline