FE Week | Further Education News, Analysis and Insight - Part 4

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Mystery as DfE misses summer accounts deadline

Auditor waves red flags over adult-skills subcontracting

30m | Adult education

Pointless to ask for advice on Level 7 defunding after pulling the trigger, say MPs

10h | Apprenticeships

Jacqui Smith reappointed minister for skills

‘I don’t teach English as a subject, I teach it as a lifeline’

2d | Adult education

Who is Lucy Powell? 10 facts about the new education secretary

Lucy Powell appointed education secretary

The skills sector should embrace Burnham’s politics of disruption

Rob May

30m | skills policy

Apprenticeship units must become an employer-led success

Jo Bishenden

30m | Apprenticeships

Help us to save Britain’s lost boys

Peter Hyman

30m | Inclusion

Conversations about skills happen in echo chambers

Mark Cameron

30m | skills policy

FE has its power structure completely upside down

David Murray

31m | The Staffroom - opinion

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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray

Bonding at a bootcamp before their march east to China

7d | WorldSkills

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Trethewey guides AQA into the vocational skills landscape

David Gallagher, NCFE chief executive, 1980–2026

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A Knight in shining armour for back-to-work mums

3w | Adult education

‘Bradford’s proper sexy’: The honey badger who transformed a college

25 Jun 2026 | Colleges

What would Andy Burnham in Number 10 mean for FE?

19 Jun 2026 | Politics

Day in the life: ‘No young person is bad – you just have to listen to them’

18 Jun 2026 | Colleges

Profile

Giving his students a virtual reality check

11 Jun 2026 | Colleges

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Jack Whitehall, Deborah Meaden and 300 more reasons to attend Festival of Education

19 Jun 2026 The Festival of Education

V Levels: getting the foundations right for students, staff and the sector

1 Jun 2026 Cambridge OCR

Reducing resits and evidencing progress: a new approach to maths and English delivery

26 Mar 2026 Pass

From Classroom to Catalyst: How Apprentices Are Driving Innovation in the Workplace

19 Mar 2026 Oldham College

Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers: Edition 541

Movers & Shakers: Edition 540

Movers & Shakers: Edition 538

Movers & Shakers: Edition 537

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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray

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Waite and see… Get Further boss and her insights on Powell and Milburn

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The skills sector should embrace Burnham’s politics of disruption

28m | skills policy

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FE has its power structure completely upside down

29m | The Staffroom - opinion

Help us to save Britain’s lost boys

29m | Inclusion

Conversations about skills happen in echo chambers

29m | skills policy

Apprenticeship units must become an employer-led success

28m | Apprenticeships

Profile

Trethewey guides AQA into the vocational skills landscape

2w | Long read