Apprenticeships, Long read

Apprenticeships could make medicine careers more accessible and cheaper – but the stakes are high if it goes wrong

Expanding degree apprenticeships is a hot political priority, with an ambition for them to widen access to a variety...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Prison education

Prison education: Ministers to tackle ‘disastrously overlooked’ issue of prisoners with SEND

Officials also pledge to provide prisoners wit education 'passports' and more in-cell laptops

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Ofsted

Inspection section: Series of grade 4s released following pause in publication of Ofsted reports

Multiple training providers are now facing contract terminations

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Inclusion

Diversity in FE Week: A look at how we’ve done

Twelve months after our first look at diversity and visibility within our newspaper pages, FE Week editor Shane Chowen...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

DfE being sued for millions by training provider

CCP claims the department unlawfully held back fees which led to a loss of business

Will Nott
Will Nott
Skills reform

DfE switches to individualised learner record for skills bootcamps amid dodgy data concerns

There were reports of serious gaps in outcomes data under the previous system

Will Nott
Will Nott
Skills reform

£60m tender launched for third wave of skills bootcamps

Providers have five weeks to bid for contracts

Will Nott
Will Nott
Opinion

The government’s FE policy is dangerously wishful thinking

Government rhetoric not rooted in reality will cause colleges to choose the easy options, writes Ian Pryce As a...

Jess Staufenberg
Ian Pryce
News

Measure college success by social outcomes as well as students’ jobs, report says

Colleges should choose social outcomes for learners like confidence or making friends, the think tank says

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon