Colleges, Levelling Up

DfE green-lights three ‘elite’ Eton Star sixth forms

The sixth forms in Dudley, Teesside and Oldham and 2 new UTCs have been approved

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Adult education, Levelling Up, Long read

Multiply – The maths scheme that doesn’t yet add up

The flagship Multiply programme, aimed at adults with poor numeracy skills, is failing to attract learners, reports Jessica Hill....

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Levelling Up

FE projects win over £75m in levelling up cash

Projects include a new AI campus in Blackpool and a health and social care training school in Somerset

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Levelling Up, sixth forms

Step aside Eton: New trust joins ‘elite’ sixth form race

Bradford-based trust eyes STEM sixth form for girls

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Levelling Up

We can’t level up by blocking young people’s progress

Restrictions on apprenticeship course requirements are so inconsistent they’re blocking an entire generation of potential workers from levelling up,...

JL Dutaut
Joe Crossley
Levelling Up, Skills reform

Roundtable Discussion | Learner needs should be equal to employer needs to truly level up

Watch the latest FE Week roundtable discussion, in partnership with NCFE

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Levelling Up
Will Nott
Levelling Up

World-class skills will level up local communities

For the UK to attract the investment that will level up communities, we need world-class skills, writes Neil Bentley-Gockmann....

Neil Bentley-Gockmann
Neil Bentley-Gockmann
Levelling Up

Levelling up reforms don’t match scale of the challenge

Skills inequalities are holding back entire communities and cannot be solved on the cheap, writes Dean Hochlaf To level...

Jess Staufenberg
Dean Hochlaf