Bradford College has closed applications to all its 16-18 construction courses after receiving 2,439 applications for 448 places

Andy Burnham's devolution package ends years of DfE resistance to handing local leaders power over post-16 budgets

Andy Burnham's devolution package ends years of DfE resistance to handing local leaders power over post-16 budgets

Baroness Smith with continue working across the Department for Education and Department for Work and Pensions

Bridget Phillipson remains minister for equalities

New prime minister Andy Burnham keeps Pat McFadden in post

SIA action blocks five qualifications and follows Ofqual’s intervention earlier this month

Watchdog also reported a £400,000 "fruitless payment" for rent on an empty London office

The awarding sector leader was among further education's most outspoken advocates for disadvantaged learners

A teaching ban regime built for schools is coming to FE with the passing of new legislation. Anviksha Patel reveals how it will work and gauges sector reaction

AoC and unions join forces to avoid prospect of a damaging no pay offer

PeopleCert is seeking to recover almost £3 million in bonuses paid to former City & Guilds chief executive Kirstie Donnelly and finance chief Abid Ismail.

Plans to be announced by Sir Keir Starmer go further than Australia’s with a total ban for under-16s and restrictions meant to stop unhealthy late-night scrolling

New data shows 42% of post-16 learners are covered compared with 79% of secondary pupils

Ofqual's 'intervention' on exam cheating devices today would have been timely in 2020, not 2026. While the regulator discovers "smart spectacles", students are being aggressively targeted on social m...

A union is threatening awarding giant City & Guilds with 'legal and industrial action' over its workforce redundancy plans.

Latest estimates come ahead of Alan Milburn’s landmark review into young people and work

Congress to vote on strategy shift that targets country-wide binding agreements

Minister defends DfE video and hails GC’s ‘incredible reach’ with young people

The prime minister repeats pledge to FE amid criticism of his leadership

Seriously ill 16 to 18-year-olds could gain a legal right to hospital education support under new proposals

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