16-19, Qualifications, Skills reform

We need to deliver a new V Level vision for Level 3

The new qualification family promises to simplify the post-16 landscape, but success will depend on how well we protect...

Jessica Hill
Lisa O'Loughlin and John Laramy
NEETs, Skills reform

Alan Milburn to lead ‘uncompromising’ review into rising NEETs

Investigation will place specific focus on the impact of mental health and disability

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Higher education, Skills reform

Don’t knock pathways – they’re a front door to higher education

Foundation years and CertHEs suffer an image problem, but they foster collaboration between FE and HE and ensure students...

Jessica Hill
Gianina Harvey-Brewin
English and maths, Skills reform

Francis review prompts DfE shake-up of English and maths accountability measures

Review response also reveals incoming guidance for colleges on enrichment

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Skills reform

1-week apprenticeship ‘units’, and 5 other things we learned from Smith’s white paper briefing

Skills minister also defends adult education plans and explains the need to introduce laws that ban ‘unsuitable' FE leaders

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Josh Mellor
Skills reform

The post-16 white paper has the potential to deliver for businesses

Last week's white paper comes as Make UK’s latest research shows that three-quarters of manufacturers struggle to fill vacancies...

Shane Chowen
Robert Halfon
Skills reform

Skilled migrants should train British workers in colleges – report

Think tank suggests new ‘work and teach’ system to link overseas workers to skills policy

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Skills reform
Long read

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications, Skills reform

What we know about V Levels, new T Levels and the end of the T Level foundation year

The defunding timetable for alternative courses like BTECs has also been confirmed

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen