Apprenticeships Apprenticeship budget top-up piles cost pressure on ministers Mid-year adjustment to 2025-26 allocation reinforces warnings the system is operating on increasingly fine margins Billy Camden 2h Billy Camden 2h News Student Loans Company turns the Page with new chair Board member Gary Page will take over from Peter Lauener in April FE Week Reporter 3h FE Week Reporter 3h Colleges Changing of the guard at Waltham Forest College Principal Janet Gardner is standing down after taking the college from intervention to ‘outstanding’ financial health Josh Mellor 4h Josh Mellor 4h Colleges National college capacity funding opens alongside new DfE estates strategy Some areas will see their 16 to 17-year-old population swell by up to 900 people per year Josh Mellor 1d Josh Mellor 1d T Levels Finance T Level faces write-off after no AOs bid to run it Wave 3 generation 2 competition also sees engineering licenses transfer to Pearson from City & Guilds Anviksha Patel 1d Anviksha Patel 1d Legal, UCU Jo Grady hits back at claims of UCU election breaches Full account of Grady showdown with election opponents at certification officer hearing Anviksha Patel 2d Anviksha Patel 2d News DWP permanent secretary to step down His department has faced criticism in recent weeks Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Colleges BCoT principal Anthony Bravo suddenly retires The Basingstoke boss has led the college for 16 years Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Apprenticeships School and college builders will have to hire apprentices, DfE claims Constructors will be required to offer training opportunities through their constracts Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Apprenticeships ‘Clearance style’ apprenticeship pilot to be run by mayors It comes after plans for apprenticeship applications to be made through UCAS were dropped Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d 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 3d Jessica Hill 3d Apprenticeships Ministers to slash update approval times for some apprenticeships DWP said accelerated processes could cut approval times from 18 to three months Shane Chowen 5d Shane Chowen 5d 1 2 3 4 5 6 847 Older 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 3d Jessica Hill 3d 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo
