Lucy Powell has been appointed education secretary by prime minister Andy Burnham, returning to government less than a year after she was sacked by Keir Starmer. The Labour deputy leader succeeds ...

Pat McFadden has kept his job as work and pensions secretary in new prime minister Andy Burnham’s government. McFadden, MP for Wolverhampton South East, has held the role since September 2025, when he ...

The politics of place can bring specialist and mainstream provision together if inclusion is defined by belonging and ...

BIIAB has been stripped of powers to award security industry qualifications in an “unprecedented action” that puts an ...

Ofsted has written off the entire £3.9 million it spent on software meant to replace its scheduling and case management ...

Refreshed college financial handbook stipulates chief financial officer applicants must be professionally recognised ...

Ofqual and Ofsted are advertising for AI and security specialists to help to 'navigate this changing landscape' ...

Most adult apprentices are still studying for English and maths exams despite no longer being required to do so by the government, FE Week can reveal. Ministers announced on February 11 that an exit ...

The vision that Andy Burnham has laid out of the future is refreshing, particularly his assertion that education is a key to ...

Staff morale at Skills England was among the worst in the civil service after the agency was moved to a new department, its ...

Ofqual issued £2.5 million in penalties last year, the highest total since it gained power to fine rule-breaking awarding ...

Janet Smith leads one of the UK’s largest colleges, which after decades of storms is now moving into calmer waters. Jessica Hill meets the new chief executive and principal of Nottingham College Janet ...