City & Guilds sold to ‘secure its future’ Commercial and charitable arms of 150-year-old technical education organisation to split in ‘landmark’ deal
Creating a City & Guilds fit for the fourth industrial revolution City & Guilds’ landmark sale isn’t just a business move, but an act of stewardship to futureproof the skills sector for the next century, say Ann Limb and Kirstie Donnelly
Lasting progress depends on a connected, durable skills system The success of Labour’s skills vision depends on whether it can create a system that’s stable, connected and built to endure, writes Rob Nitsch
Badenoch: I’ll double apprenticeships budget by slashing uni degrees Leader of the opposition would reintroduce student number controls for ‘poor quality’ uni courses to fund apprenticeship boost
Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels
World Peace Day: Facing volatility with values Peace isn’t found in treaties or speeches, but in the everyday acts of kindness and unity that colleges can nurture, writes Palvinder Singh
‘World-class’ government apprenticeship app flops Users hit with errors in government £1.2m app for apprentices
Level 7 starts spike as employers race to beat funding axe Early data shows one training provider has already recruited 1,000 more leadership apprentices
Don’t return to ‘punitive’ intervention, colleges tell new FE Commissioner Reformed Ofsted inspections, college staff shortages and a new post-16 strategy face the new FE Commissioner Ellen Thinnesen