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29 April 2026

Author: Simon Kay

EuroSkills Gdańsk 2023

A special souvenir supplement from FE Week celebrating Team UK’s performance at EuroSkills 2023

Revealed: 45 T Level colleges sharing £50m to refurbish teaching spaces

Forty-five colleges delivering the government’s flagship T Level qualifications from next year have won a slice of £50 million capital funding to prepare their facilities. Further education and sixth form colleges are being funded to, for example, build a mixed reality suite to teach coding, and a ward where students can practice health skills, the […]

Revealed: The 13 final runners in £120m Institutes of Technology competition

The proposals in the running for the second wave of the government’s flagship Institutes of Technology have been revealed. There are 13 bids going into the final stage for the £120 million of funding announced by education secretary Gavin Williamson at the Conservative Party conference two years ago. They will be whittled down to eight […]

Mental Health & Wellbeing in FE

There have been countless reports and surveys in recent years which all point to one conclusion: the world is facing a mental health crisis. And this has only been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. In March 2021, a survey of 49,000 people in English-speaking countries published by the Mental Health Million Project found almost half […]

Winners of the National Apprenticeship Awards 2020 announced

“Outstanding” employers and individuals have been recognised at this year’s National Apprenticeship Awards – including a Great Ormond Street Hospital apprentice who has been on the frontline in the battle against Covid-19. The ten winners and 18 highly commended finalists (see table below) were named at the awards, which are in their 17th year and took place this evening as an […]

BTEC Awards 2021 | CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE BTEC AWARDS!

This year marks ten years of the BTEC Awards. That’s ten years of celebrating individuals exceeding in vocational pursuits. Ten years of glamorous award ceremonies, even though 2020’s took place virtually. And ten years of the BTEC Awards promoting the sector with a highly competitive contest, not just between excellent learners, but excellent educators and […]