Colleges

Bids open for 19 more technical excellence colleges

Wave 2 sees expansion to sixth form colleges and ‘rare’ opportunity to hold multiple TEC status

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Millions lost in fraud from Covid apprentice payments

Independent covid counter-fraud report finds only £1 million recouped in apprentice incentive scheme

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
SEND

Perm sec advises against ‘blanket’ council duty on post-16 SEND transport

Top education civil servant also highlights soaring post-16 transport costs for SEND learners that have outpaced pre-16 spending

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Higher education

DfE confirms crackdown on HE franchise fraud

New registration law to come into force from May 2026 to ‘protect' nearly 100,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

DfE’s £20m spike cash helps buy 9,000 student places

With student numbers climbing sharply, colleges in northern England are using emergency cash to buy new buildings and convert...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Politics

FE is no longer Cinderella, it’s the government’s Fairy Godmother

The post-16 white paper shows that even fairy dust can’t hide the lack of a clear purpose behind yet...

Jessica Hill
Holly Papworth
Skills reform

We’ll end qualification confusion and build confidence in FE

For too long, young people have faced a maze of qualifications with no clear direction. Our new V Levels...

Jessica Hill
Jacqui Smith
Colleges

Weston freed of ‘traumatic’ NTI – but finance probe continues

College out of intervention after strengthening governance procedures

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

More than half of Turing trips turned down

The government also underspent its budget despite a one-third cut

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel