More than 400 of the UK’s most talented students and apprentices have been named as finalists for this year’s WorldSkills UK ...

None of this should be viewed in isolation. Financial sustainability isn’t about balance sheets alone, it is about securing the future of the sector’s mission. Colleges sit at the heart of the ...

Furness College, England’s only ‘inadequate’ rated further education college, has announced plans to merge with Blackpool and ...

It comes four years after the FE Commissioner set out a “perfect storm” of circumstances which put Northern College at risk ...

Committee also tells ministers to assess how effective pay rises are at retaining staff amid concerns over 6,500 teacher target ...

In the race for 'simplicity' in technical education, we forget that the labour market is anything but simple, writes David Gallagher ...

Governors for Schools has been handed a two-year £879,000 contract to deliver FE’s governor recruitment service. The Department for Education contract win marks a return by the charity to the delivery ...

Ofsted chief inspector has criticised calls to postpone the launch of new-style inspections, saying any delay would be “dangerous” and “seriously worrying”. From November, inspections across early ...

Burnley College’s principal Karen Buchanan has resigned – months after she was mysteriously suspended, FE Week can reveal. Staff were told today that Buchanan, who has worked at the college for almost ...

The introduction of foundation apprenticeships could place this year’s record apprenticeships budget under strain, a senior official has suggested. Speaking on day two of the Association of Employment ...

A north east college principal and a deputy have unexpectedly left their posts. Tyne Coast College principal Mandy Morris and vice principal Diane Turner were allegedly escorted off campus last week ...

Disadvantaged students fall behind by a fifth of a grade in English and one eighth of a grade in maths compared with their better-off peers when resitting GCSEs, new research shows. Analysis by the ...