Skills shortages

Migrants are vital to meet clean energy targets, say MPs

Energy committee warns of failed targets without ‘short-term’ immigration

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
ATC 2026

Apprenticeship and Training Awards 2026 finalists revealed

Judges unveil shortlist of 94 training providers, employers, colleges and universities for this year’s ATAs

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Awarding

‘Good progress’ towards NCFE recovery after cyber incident

Apprenticeship end point assessments will resume early next week

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

‘Exceptionally challenging economic conditions’ cited as Acacia Training closes

The company is expected to formally appoint administrators in ‘mid-December’

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Troubled Burnley College appoints new principal

Karen Buchanan’s successor has been revealed amid a government investigation into achievement rates

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Awarding

NCFE shuts down systems after ‘cyber incident’

T Level assessments can continue but apprenticeship EPAs have been cancelled

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


News

Top Ofsted grades soar in final year of overall effectiveness system      

Final stats show 88% of FE and skills providers hold either ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

OfS to reduce dual-regulation burden on colleges

But full registration conditions will still apply to colleges with degree-awarding powers

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Skills England launches beta version of skills classification tool

Skills classification tool to be fully rolled out next year

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Animal care awarding body acquired by private equity-backed firm

VetSkill Ltd has joined Phenna Group

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Devolution, Long read

The politics behind the King of the North’s MBacc mission

Andy Burnham is grabbing headlines with his ambition for the MBacc technical education programme. But take-up has been slower…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill

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