Apprenticeships, Colleges
wales

Welsh college pulls plug on England apprenticeships

Leaders want to ‘concentrate expertise’ in Wales following latest Ofsted criticism

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE workforce

DfE to fund maternity pay improvements in colleges

Funding to match a pledge to double school staff maternity pay to come in 2027

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Higher education

University hit by seven-figure apprenticeship clawback

Leaders claim to have rectified all ‘legacy’ issues and repaid government

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, Politics

Greater Lincolnshire set to cut ESOL courses from 2027, Reform UK mayor confirms

Rollout will be delayed by a year so training providers have time to ‘adjust’

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
News

Julie McCulloch to join EPI as new chief executive

ASCL policy chief ‘hugely privileged’ to take over as CEO of think tank EPI

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Politics

Suella Braverman named Reform UK’s skills spokesperson

Former home secretary wants half of all young people to train in trades

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Training Providers

Learner loan probe lands provider with £111k clawback

Lionheart in the Community has challenged the findings

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Grants launched to jumpstart early years degree apprenticeships

Ministers hope apprentices will start in Autumn

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofsted

Ofsted requests providers publish QR code with report card content

Watchdog wants links to full reports to avoid ‘cherry picking’ only positive grades

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Colleges

KCSIE 2026: Everything colleges need to know

Proposed guidance strengthens expectations around serious violence

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
FE workforce

UCU wins £19k from teacher it represented in court claim

Judge orders ex-teacher to pay her union after multiple failed claims of discrimination

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships
Exclusive

Management apprenticeships on the chopping block, minister confirms

Government gears up to tell employers which apprenticeships ‘aren’t appropriate for public funding’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

Colleges, Long read
Investigation

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
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
Shane Chowen
Young people
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
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
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
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
News
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
Shane Chowen