Skills reform

FE inquiry: MPs grill Smith on pay, cuts and careers

Parity of teacher pay is a 'fairly basic problem', the education committee chair suggested

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

DfE agrees ‘transitional period’ for new off the job policy

Four-month grace period for 39 apprenticeships with revised off-the-job training hours follows sector concerns

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
LSIPs

New ERBs needed following devolution shake-up

£6.3 million available for 39 ERBs next year

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
DfE

UK withdraws entries from WorldSkills after DfE grant cut

The Education and Training Foundation and the Careers and Enterprise Company have also been told to economise

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Turing Scheme funding cut by 29%, DfE reveals

£78 million made available for extended year of Turing scheme

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Workforce

Seven findings from DfE’s third FE workforce data release

Figures from over 1,300 colleges and providers were collected in 2023-24

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Spending Review 2025

IFS: ‘Intense pressure’ to come for further education budgets

The government faces tough choices about how to spread likely funding reductions

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
skills

Days of DfE adult ed procurement could be over

The department hasn’t ruled out taking an ‘alternative commissioning approach’ to the current contract

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
DfE

Acland-Hood: I was wrong about our FE probe policy 

The DfE still hasn't released the findings of hundreds of investigations into FE providers

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor