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21 September 2026

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Let levy funds pay foundation apprentice wages and create VCSEs, says Fabian Society

9h | Apprenticeships

Get behind Team UK, says FE Week

4d | WorldSkills

We want medals, but WorldSkills is about much more

12h | WorldSkills

Mayors’ 16-19 budgets won’t cover apprentices

3d | Apprenticeships
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Levy under the lens with Milburn’s NEET review

4d | Apprenticeships
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Tougher one-third success rule for ASF programme

4d | Adult education

Computing courses live on despite V Level overlap

4d | Skills reform
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Marion Plant

We want medals, but WorldSkills is about much more

Marion Plant

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Claire Green

Hidden NEETs need help, not another college blame game

Claire Green

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Kerry Boffey

Ofsted, stop treating young apprentices like school pupils

Kerry Boffey

| Ofsted
Caz Dolby

Too much CPD in FE is simply performative

Caz Dolby

| Teaching
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You can’t understand FE from Whitehall alone

A former civil servant

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New beginning for Norfolk FE’s local hero

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Inside Reform’s MAGA movement to make apprenticeships great again

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‘SEND more to FE’ policy risks a raft of problems

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A day in the life of a WorldSkills expert

6 Aug 2026 | WorldSkills
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Meet the Greater Manchester mayoral hopefuls: what have they said about FE and skills?

29 Jul 2026 | Politics
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Waite and see… Get Further boss and her insights on Powell and Milburn
23 Jul 2026 | Colleges

Bonding at a bootcamp before their march east to China
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Trethewey guides AQA into the vocational skills landscape
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Levy under the lens with Milburn’s NEET review

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New beginning for Norfolk FE’s local hero

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Inside Reform’s MAGA movement to make apprenticeships great again

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‘SEND more to FE’ policy risks a raft of problems

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Ofsted report cards: What have nine months taught us?
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SWAP job outcomes hit lowest rate as starts surge
30 Jul 2026 | Adult education
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Meet the Greater Manchester mayoral hopefuls: what have they said about FE and skills?
29 Jul 2026 | Politics
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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray
23 Jul 2026 | Politics