Skip to content
28 August 2026

Become a member today for unlimited access to FE Week

Enjoy expert journalism on FE and skills with fewer ads and exclusive benefits.
subscribe

Latest Skills reform

Early Access

Member early access content

For technical education to succeed, creativity can’t be an afterthought

9h | Skills reform
Early Access

Member early access content

Australia, Canada, and a lesson for England’s 14-16 routes

9h | Skills reform

Skills weighting doubled for major public contracts

3w | Apprenticeships

We need to stop selling courses and start building skills ecosystems

3w | Skills reform
Past Early Access

Previously member early access content

V Levels aren’t the answer, and Burnham knows it

30 Jul 2026 | Skills reform

Post-14 technical pathways could be transformational – but major questions remain
29 Jul 2026 | Skills reform
Past Early Access

Previously member early access content

New technical pathways for 14-year-olds could build on UTC model
29 Jul 2026 | Skills reform

Benefit-hit apprentice families boosted by bursary
28 Jul 2026 | Apprenticeships

Burnham – parity of esteem starts with pay, not pathways
28 Jul 2026 | Skills reform

All Skills reform

Past Early Access

Previously member early access content

The skills sector should embrace Burnham’s politics of disruption

23 Jul 2026 | Skills reform
Members Exclusive

Member only content

FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray

23 Jul 2026 | Politics
Past Early Access

Previously member early access content

Conversations about skills happen in echo chambers

23 Jul 2026 | Skills reform

NAO: Construction skills package faces ‘risks’

13 Jul 2026 | Skills reform

Construction secures rethink on apprenticeship assessment reforms after industry backlash

6 Jul 2026 | Apprenticeships
Past Early Access

Previously member early access content

A pair of shoes taught me more about NEETs than any policy paper

2 Jul 2026 | Skills reform
Past Early Access

Previously member early access content

Burnham’s devolution agenda could transform the youth guarantee
2 Jul 2026 | Skills reform
Past Early Access

Previously member early access content

Manufacturing SMEs are being squeezed out of apprenticeships
2 Jul 2026 | Skills reform
Past Early Access

Previously member early access content

T Levels are helping build NHS workforce pipeline
25 Jun 2026 | Skills reform

Skills England scales back employer role in funding decisions
25 Jun 2026 | Apprenticeships

Browse more Skills reform

Three reforms would help FE tackle our country’s labour shortages

29 May 2025 | Skills reform

Nine in ten level 7 apprentices will be ineligible for funding, new figures reveal

28 May 2025 | Apprenticeships

Skills England board members revealed

27 May 2025 | Skills reform

Level 7 apprenticeship funding to be axed from January 2026

27 May 2025 | Apprenticeships

Immigration white paper is a call to action on social care skills

16 May 2025 | Skills reform
Go to search page