News Breaking Watchdog opens ‘statutory inquiry’ into City & Guilds sale Executive bonuses and trustees’ ‘decision making’ to be formally probed Josh Mellor 44mins Josh Mellor 44mins Skills bootcamps Mayors walk away from skills bootcamps Devolution rules mean local leaders are gaining more freedom over their policy plans Josh Mellor 5h Josh Mellor 5h Prison education Cuts to prison education being hidden, says watchdog Minister urged to explain budget cuts of up to 65% in some prisons Anviksha Patel 5h Anviksha Patel 5h Apprenticeships DfE raises stakes in fraudulent apprenticeship funding court fight Officials countersue ex-provider for £800k after alleged unlawful use of skills funding to pay apprentice wages Billy Camden 9h Billy Camden 9h GCSE resits November resits: Upturn in English GSCE pass rate But maths resit pass rate drops slightly and widens in older age groups Anviksha Patel 1d Anviksha Patel 1d Students New GCSE results app to be rolled out nationwide It follows a pilot where just six per cent of invited schools and colleges took part, but ministers hope… Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth 2d Awarding Charity Commission to ‘obtain more information’ about City & Guilds sale Foundation also confirms chair Dame Ann Limb will step down this year Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Apprenticeships Purse strings tighten for Multiverse as losses widen Headcount drops and cash nearly halved in past year but leaders insist company is ‘trending towards profitability’ Anviksha Patel 4d Anviksha Patel 4d News New year honours 2026: Who got what in FE and skills? Gongs for college principals, apprenticeship advocates and a WorldSkills UK gold medallist FE Week Reporter 2w FE Week Reporter 2w News 2025 review: A defining year for further education and skills FE Week editor Shane Chowen looks back at a year of reform, rhetoric and reckoning for further education Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w News New peer and former City and Guilds chair admits wrongly claiming PhD Dame Ann Limb has been awarded several honorary doctorates but has not completed a full PhD Josh Mellor 3w Josh Mellor 3w Ofsted Ofsted enacts ‘contingency plan’ as inspection notes software glitches again Inspectors adjusting to new framework will have to follow ‘alternative processes’ when inspections resume in January Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3w 1 2 3 4 5 6 841 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
