Apprenticeships

Performance Through People bought by chamber of commerce

‘Business-as-usual’ after training provider deal is announced

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

South Devon job cuts turned college finances to ‘small surplus’

The college’s reserves have been ‘depleted’ to pay for capital costs due to low income in recent years

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Newbury College considers merger after FE Commissioner intervention

Decision to be made on the college’s future this spring

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Inside Karen Redhead’s battle to rebuild West London College

‘Not for the faint-hearted’: How Redhead pulled her college back from the brink

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
NEETs

Milburn must ‘join the dots’ to help NEETs

Experts urge independent review to ‘break down the policy silos’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DWP promises careers service merger plan ‘by April’

The DWP has responded to calls for clarity over a merger of careers advice with jobcentres

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor


Colleges

Colleges halt construction enrolments as demand hits the roof

Waiting lists found in all eight industrial strategy priority sectors, colleges report

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Ofsted

IoTs quit after spotlight shifts to new TECs

Ministers recently reversed plans to wind down the institutes altogether, it is understood

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education

Winners of Mayor of London Adult Learning Awards 2025

10 winners have been announced celebrating London’s most inspirational adult learners, organisations, tutors and employers

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges

Razey returns: DfE announces three new deputy FE commissioners

All three will serve under new FE Commissioner Ellen Thinnesen

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Sponsored post

A Decade of Impact: Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards Celebrate 10 Years of Inspiring Change at Landmark London Event

Friday 7th November 2025 – Over 700 guests gathered at the Hilton London Metropole for the 10th annual Multicultural…

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Pearson
Colleges, safeguarding

Statutory Prevent duty led to ‘over-reporting’ of referrals in colleges, review finds

Independent commission into counterterrorism slams high rate of ‘unnecessary’ Prevent referrals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
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