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The 14-16 funding gap is holding back technical education

The industrial strategy promises to boost skills in key sectors. But while post-16 technical courses get extra funding, pre-16 technical education is left behind. It’s time for more fairness in the funding system

Opinion, Young people

Stop trying to make technical education look academic

In the race for ‘simplicity’ in technical education, we forget that the labour market is anything but simple, writes David Gallagher

Opinion, Assessment, Skills reform

Make post-16 an ‘integrated’ tertiary system – report

EPI calls for ‘holistic’ tertiary education system ahead of imminent post-16 white paper

News, Skills reform

Fuel pumped up with Ofsted’s premium rating

Large leadership and management provider aims to double apprentice numbers after grade one feat

News, Apprenticeships, Ofsted

College mulls judicial review after downgrade to ‘good’

Previously ‘outstanding’ Farnborough College of Technology said its March inspection ‘focused obsessively’ on A-levels

News

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 503

Carole Kitching Chair of Governors, West London College Start date: June 2025 Previous Job: Former Principal and CEO, New College Swindon Interesting fact: Since leaving her full-time FE roles, Carole has been busy leading a strategic review of HE in Swindon and on projects to increase facilities for local neurodivergent HE learners and support their […]

Movers and Shakers

How apprenticeship coaches can bridge the NEET gap

‘I’ve been where you are’: How lived experience in apprenticeship coaching can help make the shift from NEET to needed

Opinion, The Staffroom - opinion

One year in, Labour’s skills revolution is feeling hollow

Skills were meant to be at the heart of Labour’s economic revival. Yet, after a year of bureaucratic tweaks and missed opportunities, the promised transformation remains elusive

Opinion, Skills reform

The Great British skills mismatch

Britain has never been more educated, yet skills mismatches, regional divides, and graduate overqualification threaten productivity

Opinion, Skills reform