Colleges, Staff UCU reveals January strike days in 32 colleges Teachers and lecturers will walk out for three days over pay and workloads Anviksha Patel 4h Anviksha Patel 4h Colleges DfE’s £20m spike cash helps buy 9,000 student places With student numbers climbing sharply, colleges in northern England are using emergency cash to buy new buildings and convert… Josh Mellor 9h Josh Mellor 9h Apprenticeships, Budget 2025 Reeves puts the ‘squeeze’ on big employers with budget levy tweaks Chancellor warned that trio of reforms ‘risks dampening appetite among levy-paying organisations already dealing with rising hiring, pension and… Billy Camden 12h Billy Camden 12h Qualifications, Skills reform Officials hesitate over V Level licence model DfE is also seeking views on whether the new qualification should be ‘small’ or ‘medium’ sized Josh Mellor 1d Josh Mellor 1d Apprenticeships, Awarding ‘We’re not diluting apprenticeships’: Skills England deputy hits back at assessment reform backlash ‘It’s not about reducing competency. It’s not about dumbing down – you have my word on that.’ Billy Camden 1d Billy Camden 1d Apprenticeships, Training Providers Analysis: Multiverse closes in on Lifetime’s apprenticeship lead New figures show level 7 apprenticeships drove most of this year’s growth as under-19 starts fell to their lowest… Shane Chowen 1d Shane Chowen 1d News Long read Interview: David Gallagher elected chair of FAB NCFE chief outlines his priorities to help awarding bodies weather a storm of reform Billy Camden 1d Billy Camden 1d Training Providers Remit Training sale puts new owners in the driving seat The ‘outstanding’ training provider was acquired this week Billy Camden 1d Billy Camden 1d Colleges FE providers in scope for £925 international student levy The levy will fund targeted maintenance grants for disadvantaged students Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Budget 2025 Budget 2025: Free training extended to under 25 apprentices in SMEs Chancellor also reveals levy funding changes for big businesses and announces youth guarantee will be backed with £820m over… Billy Camden 2d Billy Camden 2d Colleges Royal recognition: 4 colleges win top national prize Queen Elizabeth Prizes announced for disruptive construction training, AI-powered ESOL, automotive skills leadership and an SME innovator FE Week Reporter 3d FE Week Reporter 3d Budget 2025, Politics Apprentice minimum wage to rise to £8 New hourly rate will apply from April 2026, chancellor set to announce at tomorrow’s budget Anviksha Patel 3d Anviksha Patel 3d 1 2 3 4 5 6 836 Older Must read 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories Qualifications Exclusive 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges, Long read 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
