Budget 2025, Politics

Spring statement 2025: What the chancellor announced for FE

Adult education and skills could be hit by 'another £200m' in cuts in coming years, expert warns

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Careers, Qualifications

Qualification challenges threaten government’s housing mission

Too few college construction courses equip learners with the skills employers need, leaving many unprepared for work

Jessica Hill
Neil Jefferson
Colleges

The 50-hour work experience policy: Ambition versus reality

How the government’s vision of 50 hours of work experience for every school and college student might be realised

Jessica Hill
Mark de Backer
Skills reform

Chancellor to pour £600m into construction training

Plans include technical excellence colleges, cash incentives for foundation apprenticeships, skills bootcamps and more

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

FE is top sector for sending deprived students on Turing trips

FE providers have sent over 22,000 underprivileged students on international placements in four years

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Long read

A new hope for UTCs

Despite being written off as a failure by Michael Gove, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi believes university technical colleges...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges

Worn out heating systems pose huge danger for college bosses

Like RAAC, end-of-life pipework has the potential to close colleges and the problem isn’t easy to spot

Jessica Hill
Adam Finch
Colleges

We need collective action against the rise of the ‘manosphere’

The spread of harmful misogynistic ideologies among young people in colleges demands urgent action

Jessica Hill
Polly Harrow
Adult education

DfE announce 6% cut to national adult skills budgets

Funding will prioritise ‘essential sectors’ when allocations are released next month

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor