Department for Education

Unit for Future Skills’ ‘useful to a point’ £2.5m spend in 15 months

Experts say staff costs are a "reasonable amount" of spending but users highlight some teething problems

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Department for Education, Industrial action

Ofsted inspectors and senior DfE officials to ballot for strike action

FDA union announces first national strike ballot over pay in over 40 years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Department for Education

Revealed: 63 providers win slice of £32m higher technical skills injection fund

Cash to be used on equipment, resources and upskilling in delivering higher technical qualifications

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Department for Education

DfE opens £32m injection fund bids for higher technical qualifications

The DfE aims to boost take-up of level 4 and 5 higher technical qualification courses.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Department for Education

DfE lost over £12m supporting national colleges last year

New accounts reveal how much the DfE has spent propping up the sector and how it rates colleges' financial...

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Department for Education

New DfE skills board: scanty minutes lead to ‘closed shop’ accusations

The DfE has again come under fire for a lack of transparency

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Department for Education, Skills reform

DfE finally finds chair for new Skills Reform Board

Rebecca George formerly chaired a T Level reform board and sat on the education secretary's business engagement forum

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon