Careers

New-look Jobcentres to swallow up 1,000 careers advisers

The move is part of an ‘overhaul’ of the Jobcentre offer

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications, Skills reform

What we know about V Levels, new T Levels and the end of the T Level foundation year

The defunding timetable for alternative courses like BTECs has also been confirmed

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
English and maths, Qualifications, Skills reform

White paper to confirm V Levels and GCSE resit ‘stepping stones’

New vocational courses will be the size of an A-level and replace existing alternatives to T Levels

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Staff

DfE to tackle ‘contested and outdated theories’ in FE teacher training

Call for evidence launched to ‘establish a baseline of appropriate, evidence-based pedagogical content’

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Jobs plans put onus on employers to hire within UK

‘Expert’ civil servants will lead on workforce skill strategies in a bid to lower immigration levels

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor


T Levels

A new Dawn for driving T Level take-up

T Level ambassador regional chair aims to wield 1,000 volunteers to boost industry placements

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Civil service misses own apprenticeships goal

New FOI data also shows government failed to hire enough apprentices from disadvantaged backgrounds

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

Clawback reveals T Level underspend bigger than feared 

Overallocation errors and unmet student recruitment targets stung colleges to the tune of £86m

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Awarding

City & Guilds sold to ‘secure its future’

Commercial and charitable arms of 150-year-old technical education organisation to split in ‘landmark’ deal

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Sponsored post

Helping every learner use AI responsibly

AI didn’t wait to be invited into the classroom. It burst in mid-lesson. Across UK colleges, learners are already…

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Pearson
Colleges

Governors Havant a clue about college’s finances going South

FE Commissioner reveals financial crisis at Hampshire college came ‘out of the blue’ for board members

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill