Skip to content
29 October 2026

Become a member today for unlimited access to FE Week

Enjoy expert journalism on FE and skills with fewer ads and exclusive benefits.
subscribe
News

Budget 2026: Apprentice minimum wage to rise to £8.31 an hour

18h | Apprenticeships

Innovate Awarding fined £185k after centre certificated learners in 24 hours

1d | Awarding

£120k boost for post-16 pupil premium campaign

1d | Young people

Job cuts loom as PeopleCert integrates four City & Guilds training providers

2d | Awarding

South Devon College principal Laurence Frewin to retire in 2027

5d | Colleges
Past Early Access

Previously member early access content

Exclusive

Frustration at Skills England’s apprenticeship review slowdown

6d | Apprenticeships

DWP picks 12 providers for national jobs guarantee

6d | Young people
Latest Opinion
Rob West

Devolution must not treat London as the place that copes

Rob West

| Adult education
Shelley Brown

Colleges, don’t wait for all the answers on qualification reform

Shelley Brown

| Colleges
Josh MacAlister

Defining antisemitism won’t silence debate on Israel

Josh MacAlister

| Colleges
Ella Reynolds

FE can help turn the tap on for nursing’s leaky pipeline

Ella Reynolds

| Teaching
Dr Ruth Valerio

Our students need more than hope in a world on fire

Dr Ruth Valerio

| Students
Features
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

Sharing the story of their lives, from the frontline of FE

6d | Colleges
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

The Tory mayor confronting a postcode lottery in opportunity

1w | Long read
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

Bickering big beasts’ sideshow is Tory skills highlight

2w | Politics
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

Dale’s mission to ride a zipline of happiness

2w | Colleges

Long Read

How Burnham bounced FE into the policy spotlight

3w |
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

The stop-starts pressures on college apprenticeships
24 Sep 2026 | Apprenticeships
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

New beginning for Norfolk FE’s local hero
17 Sep 2026 | Colleges

Long Read

Inside Reform’s MAGA movement to make apprenticeships great again
10 Sep 2026 | Politics
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

‘SEND more to FE’ policy risks a raft of problems
3 Sep 2026 | Inclusion

Sponsored

Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers: Edition 555

1w

Movers & Shakers: Edition 554

2w

Movers & Shakers: Edition 553

3w

Movers & Shakers: Edition 552

24 Sep 2026

Member only

Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

Sharing the story of their lives, from the frontline of FE

6d | Colleges
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

The Tory mayor confronting a postcode lottery in opportunity

1w | Long read
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

Dale’s mission to ride a zipline of happiness

2w | Colleges
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

Bickering big beasts’ sideshow is Tory skills highlight

2w | Politics
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

The stop-starts pressures on college apprenticeships
24 Sep 2026 | Apprenticeships
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

Levy under the lens with Milburn’s NEET review
17 Sep 2026 | Apprenticeships
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

New beginning for Norfolk FE’s local hero
17 Sep 2026 | Colleges
Members Exclusive

Member only content

Long Read

‘SEND more to FE’ policy risks a raft of problems
3 Sep 2026 | Inclusion