FE Week https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Diving into digital reveals a distinct lack of judgment Latest news from FE Week FE Week homepage | for the latest FE & Skills news Reclaiming apprenticeships for the next generation Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Topping the Bill Revealed: College repair allocations rise to £307m Grady breached election rule but avoids rerun in UCU ruling Missing teenagers suggests a worthless guarantee New FE Commissioner Ellen Thinnesen heralds a new dawn for oversight Probe finds £190k in overclaims at collapsed apprenticeship provider Civil servant duo to lead Office for Students Pair of Swiss-owned training providers suddenly close DfE considers new approach to careers funding  Reducing resits and evidencing progress: a new approach to maths and English delivery MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 528 Match post-16 pupil premium plus funding with school rate, pilot leads say Archive Apprenticeship achievement rate falls just short of 67% target Apprenticeships for under-19s still sinking Level 7 apprenticeships spiked 345% in final two months ESOL results crash at under-fire Sheffield College Colleges could pay teachers more but are choosing not to DfE gives 3-year commitment to looked-after children Richmond residential college in cash crisis Skills England’s new expert network will cut red tape, not corners We must measure what matters in this new era of AI upskilling Newbury’s PFI quadrupled build cost of campus ‘Computer says no’ is a huge concern among young people A night in the cells set students free to play and make connections How to write for FE Week Battery apprenticeship unit added after ‘rapid’ employer consultation Britain’s growth plan will fail without level 4 and 5 skills Revealed: Prisons with most severe cuts to education hours FE is the missing partner in social prescribing Ministers plan new careers service, but current provider plans to bid What you missed in the post-16 consultation response ‘Meets expectations’ isn’t good enough if old mindset persists Apprenticeship budget to rise to £3.3bn amid savings scramble FE’s leadership pipeline is missing a generation Northampton colleges plan to merge next year Paying employers to hire youth ‘risks huge waste’ DWP caps new starts on defunded apprenticeships to stop recruitment rush Teachers need work experience too if new pathways are to succeed From Classroom to Catalyst: How Apprentices Are Driving Innovation in the Workplace MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 527 Apprenticeship units funding model is ‘stacked against providers’  Civil servants raced to beat their own level 7 apprenticeship deadline It pays to be playful when launching new technology The blitz on leadership training is daft policy that drains growth Colchester college wins Court of Appeal VAT fight How one FE college is turning the tide on NEETs WCG exits intervention Kerry Boffey, chief executive of the Fellowship of Inspection Nominees Could clear workforce roles help attract and retain more FE teachers? First apprenticeship units limited to ‘strong’ providers Colleges are losing students in the system If the Cook Islands can commit to lifelong learning, why can’t we? How we’re using Brown’s empathy strategies to improve teaching New level 2 admin apprenticeship limited to under-25s Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards The cracks are in the delivery system, not the qualifications Three pathways, one goal: Getting young people back on track Profiles interviews from across the FE & Skills sector DfE misses 2025-26 T Level starts target by nearly a fifth Employers offered £3,000 sweeteners to hire unemployed young people ‘Small’ pool of awarding bodies eligible for first V Levels – Ofqual FE teacher pay gap with schools hits 15-year high New peer and former City & Guilds chair admits wrongly claiming PhD Free meals funding frozen in FE while schools rate rises Revealed: The first three V Level subject areas College staff need better training to support learners in care – Ofsted First FE provider to receive Ofsted’s lowest new grade MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 526 More detail to come on 16-19 funding, says Phillipson Ofsted piloting recruiting inspectors en-masse from FE groups Population-spiked colleges scrabble for cash ahead of real-terms funding cut Workplace training dominated by ‘tick box’ courses Teaching hours cut ‘not enough to revive T Levels’ Adult learning deserves a national conversation Minimum wage makes 16-year-old apprentices too pricey to employ Our learners can’t wait years to see the fruit of their labour Ministers accused of breaking 16–19 funding promise with 0.5% rate rise Careers guidance isn’t an add-on, it’s the basis of NEET prevention Functional skills to remain as DfE unveils ‘stepping-stone’ GCSE resit courses Ministers shrink T Levels to boost take-up and manageability Diplomas get a reprieve, and learners avoid the gap FAB Tim’s Cheeky past What we know about V Levels, new T Levels and the end of the T Level foundation year In a saturated jobs market qualifications aren’t enough FE can’t fix recruitment while losing staff to the menopause Having a four-day teaching week provides a fifth day for real life DfE agrees to BTECs defunding delay MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 525 Angela Middleton stripped of MBE by King Charles A patchwork system of support cannot solve the NEET crisis Teacher training reform is being built with genuine collaboration Old-school class snobbery will not solve the university funding crisis Functional skills amend among DWP’s funding fixes  Top two at Amersham and Wycombe College quit