WorldSkills Team UK on the start line for EuroSkills 2025 19 students and apprentices will compete in the European finals next week Anviksha Patel 4h Anviksha Patel 4h Politics Reshuffle: Skills brief to move out of DfE New ‘growth department’ expected to be created following Keir Starmer’s reshuffle Billy Camden 19h Billy Camden 19h Colleges DfE props up college merger with £7m grant Proposals to sell one of the new group’s campuses have also been met with dismay Josh Mellor 1d Josh Mellor 1d Colleges Revealed: Strode’s £5.75m subcontract scandal bill The clawback has now been inherited by a newly formed college group Billy Camden 1d Billy Camden 1d Colleges Exclusive Get on board and publish your minutes, FE Commissioner tells colleges FE Week audit finds half of colleges have not published governor minutes this year Josh Mellor 1d Josh Mellor 1d Ofqual New ‘honesty’ rules for awarding organisations kick in from December Awarding organisations required to act with honesty and integrity or face fines Anviksha Patel 2d Anviksha Patel 2d Devolution EMCCA’s adult skills cash released after legal bid is ditched But losing providers continue complaints that most winners are out-of-area Billy Camden 2d Billy Camden 2d Ofsted National Grid lights up with fourth consecutive Ofsted ‘outstanding’ Energy giant’s apprenticeships have held the top mark for 20 years Anviksha Patel 2d Anviksha Patel 2d Ofsted Adult education provider climbs to top of Ofsted ladder JGA’s approach to developing training ‘in a very human-centred way’ recognised with watchdog’s highest gong Anviksha Patel 3d Anviksha Patel 3d Apprenticeships, Ofsted Weir ‘outstanding’ again after rare double Ofsted inspection Training provider successfully challenged provisional grade ‘in the pursuit of fairness and accuracy’ Billy Camden 3d Billy Camden 3d Colleges Merger date set for mega south west college group The new name of the combined institutions has also been revealed Billy Camden 5d Billy Camden 5d Adult education Sudden closures hit Derbyshire adult education centres Angry MP slams lack of public consultation Josh Mellor 1w Josh Mellor 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 823 Older Must read Colleges, Long read 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Next 3 stories Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
