Apprenticeships, Training Providers

Analysis: Multiverse closes in on Lifetime’s apprenticeship lead

New figures show level 7 apprenticeships drove most of this year’s growth as under-19 starts fell to their lowest…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

Interview: David Gallagher elected chair of FAB

NCFE chief outlines his priorities to help awarding bodies weather a storm of reform

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Training Providers

Remit Training sale puts new owners in the driving seat

The ‘outstanding’ training provider was acquired this week

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

FE providers in scope for £925 international student levy

The levy will fund targeted maintenance grants for disadvantaged students

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Budget 2025

Budget 2025: Free training extended to under 25 apprentices in SMEs

Chancellor also reveals levy funding changes for big businesses and announces youth guarantee will be backed with £820m over…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Royal recognition: 4 colleges win top national prize

Queen Elizabeth Prizes announced for disruptive construction training, AI-powered ESOL, automotive skills leadership and an SME innovator

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Budget 2025, Politics

Apprentice minimum wage to rise to £8

New hourly rate will apply from April 2026, chancellor set to announce at tomorrow’s budget

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Skills reform

White paper asks colleges to do more with less, says IFS

Skills reforms ‘do not add up to a coherent strategy’, think tank also warns

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Long read, NEETs

How NEET providers are propping up a failing system

Helping inactive young people get back on track is being hampered by a youth population spike, market instability and…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Prison education

England’s three young offender institutions fail 15-hour education requirement

MPs have say the lack of access to education in youth custody is ‘deplorable’

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships

More employer groups gear up to fight assessment shake-up that ‘risks damaging the brand and driving employers away’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

Reverse adult education cuts now, protesters tell MPs

Hundreds of adult education advocates lobby MPs to pay attention to funding cuts

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

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