Politics Suella Braverman named Reform UK’s skills spokesperson Former home secretary wants half of all young people to train in trades Ruth Lucas 9h Ruth Lucas 9h Training Providers Learner loan probe lands provider with £111k clawback Lionheart in the Community has challenged the findings Shane Chowen 1d Shane Chowen 1d Apprenticeships Grants launched to jumpstart early years degree apprenticeships Ministers hope apprentices will start in Autumn Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d 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 4d Samantha Booth 4d Colleges KCSIE 2026: Everything colleges need to know Proposed guidance strengthens expectations around serious violence Ruth Lucas 4d Ruth Lucas 4d Staff 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 5d Anviksha Patel 5d 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 5d Billy Camden 5d Apprenticeships Exclusive ‘Tight group’ of apprenticeship units to launch in April ‘Paltry’ initial short course offer expected to focus on engineering/construction and AI Billy Camden 5d Billy Camden 5d Colleges DfE urges ‘very careful approach’ to social transition in colleges Draft guidance needs to ‘go further’ to recognise needs of college-age students, says AoC Ruth Lucas 5d Ruth Lucas 5d Apprenticeships Apprenticeship budget top-up piles cost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 5d Billy Camden 5d 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 5d FE Week Reporter 5d 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 5d Josh Mellor 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
