Politics, Skills reform

Teacher misconduct laws extended to FE colleges and providers

Children's wellbeing and schools bill puts further education teachers in scope of lifetime bans

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics, Skills reform

Youth guarantee: A ‘real chance’ or lacking ‘firepower’?

Get Britain Working white paper draws mixed reaction

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Politics

Skills policy should be informed by social return on investment

A social return on investment approach could empower the treasury to make smarter decisions about education and skills policies

JL Dutaut
Jo Bishenden
16-19, Politics, Training Providers

Government must unleash ITPs to beat the population bulge

A temporary bulge in the number of 16- to 19-year-olds is a looming challenge, but Leeds is leading the...

JL Dutaut
Ben Rowland
Colleges, Politics

College teacher pay snub goes legal

SFCA launches judicial review against DfE

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Laura Trott appointed shadow education secretary

MP for Sevenoaks and former chief secretary to the Treasury tapped by Kemi Badenoch to lead Conservative education team

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Beyond the budget headlines, cuts loom for adult education

Investment plans for skills still fall short of big ambitions for economic growth, writes Stephen Evans

Shane Chowen
Stephen Evans
Politics

A welcome budget, but what comes next matters more

Extra funding is welcome, but the last thing colleges need is more red tape, writes Mark Taylor

Shane Chowen
Mark Taylor
Politics

The budget gave us reasons to be optimistic (and nervous)

This wasn't a game-changing budget for FE, but there are early signs Labour sees skills as essential for growth,...

Shane Chowen
George Ryan