Ministers have been urged to ignore mayors’ demands for devolution of 16 to 19 budgets as relinquishing Whitehall control would lead to “less funding getting to the front line”.

The Department for Education’s apprenticeships budget has risen to more than £3 billion for the first time, new budget documents have revealed ...

The Ofsted commendation went to Oakwood Specialist College, operated by Phoenix Learning and Care, whose learners build confidence and gain “meaningful employment” after leaving the specialist ...

Burnley College has broken its silence on the sudden departure of its principal, according to reports. FE Week revealed two weeks ago that Karen Buchanan had left the post just before Ofsted came ...

Furness College chair Gary Lovatt has been replaced “with immediate effect” by former deputy FE commissioner Meredydd David. Lovatt took on the role in October shortly after the college was dealt the ...

This week saw the publication of Labour’s Immigration white paper which, although months in the making, was released straight after Keir Starmer’s year-old government faced defeats to Reform in local ...

The immigration white paper presents a call to action to get domestic recruitment and retention right in adult social care. To do that, we need to ensure the quality of roles and development ...

ESOL leaders have questioned the government’s 'vague' promise to make it easier to attend language classes in its immigration white paper.

The English and Maths Coalition (EMC) claims apprenticeship functional skills exams and the government’s forced GCSE resit policy, introduced in 2014, improved attainment in what are “fundamental ...

“A growing number of colleges are adopting a proactive and intentional stance to the use of enrichment to address mental health and wellbeing, implementing a social prescribing model to relieve ...

Thirty-eight of the full inspections conducted so far this academic year for colleges have ended with a grade two. It means 19 per cent of full inspections in 2024-25 to date have been judged ...

Young people who did not pass GCSE English and maths must continue to study the subjects if they take a new foundation apprenticeship – but they will not be required to sit or pass the tests.