Confirmed: Skills England Moved to DWP

Skills England will become part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) with immediate effect, the prime minister has confirmed. In a written ministerial statement, Sir Keir Starmer said apprenticeships, adult further education, skills, training and careers, and...

Careers Service Shake-up ‘Rebrand, Not Reform’, Say MPs

MPs have criticised an “absence of information” about a planned merger of the National Careers Service (NCS) with Jobcentres, almost a year after plans to reform the government services were first announced. Click here for more from FE Week.

OfS to End TEF Opt-out for Colleges and Small Providers

Further education colleges and specialist providers are set to lose the ability to opt out of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) under plans from the Office for Students (OfS) to overhaul its higher education quality assessment regime. Click here for more from FE...