Apprenticeships, Politics

Starmer swerves a deadline for headline ‘two-thirds’ target

'If there’s no date for people to work towards, then it’s just a vague aspiration', says ex-SpAd

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Skills policy just moved house, and the neighbourhood matters

Every department brings its own instincts. In the DWP, skills will be filtered through a jobs lens. That could...

Jessica Hill
Alex Morris
Politics

Skills are the missing piece in our fight against wasted potential

One in eight young people are not in education, employment or training. The answer lies in more training in...

Jessica Hill
Pat McFadden
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give "bigger emphasis on skills", Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Long read, Politics

Reform plots a political tsunami, but skills policy is lost at sea

Farage's turquoise tide: The insurgent party’s supporters want to fix ‘broken Britain’, insisting that trades and industrial automation are...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Politics

One minister, two beasts: Can Jacqui Smith fix the skills system?

Jacqui Smith’s unprecedented brief spanning the DfE and DWP signals ambition for a joined-up skills system. But without wider...

Jessica Hill
Dr Sue Pember
Politics

Reshuffle: 15 facts about new education ministers

Three MPs from the class of '24 have joined the education ministerial team - here's what you need to...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Politics

Starmer’s shake-up could be the gamechanger FE needs

The Prime Minister’s decision to wrench skills policy from the Department for Education and place it in a new...

Jessica Hill
Tom Bewick
Politics

Reshuffle: Two-bosses Smith stays on skills

McKinnell, Daby and Morgan out, Gould, Bailey and MacAlister in

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen