May 153 min read

Parliament Just Promised SEND Reform. Colleges Are Reading the Small Print.

May 13 min read

The NI Grant Is Coming. So Is the Pay Claim. Colleges Are Caught Between Both

Apr 242 min read

Ninety Per Cent of the Work, Thirty Per Cent of the Money: The Apprenticeship Units Launch

Apr 173 min read

Colleges Recruited the Students, but the DfE Didn't Send the Money.

Apr 102 min read

The VAT Case Every College Finance Team Should Be Watching

Apr 22 min read

April's Here, And So Are the Biggest Shake-Ups to Hit FE in Years

Mar 203 min read

Colleges Are Carrying More Than They're Being Paid For

Mar 133 min read

More Money, Same Squeeze: What the 16–19 Funding Numbers Actually Mean for Colleges

Feb 273 min read

Progress back on the scorecard: what this week’s DfE moves mean for colleges

Feb 203 min read

Growing 16–18 numbers, shrinking options? Rethinking space and staffing after this week’s DfE update

Feb 132 min read

Full Classrooms, Leaking Roofs – and a New DfE Push for Live Teacher Data.

Feb 63 min read

Phones, Progression and Payments: Half‑Term Updates for College Teams

Jan 303 min read

Funding Calendars, ‘Regular Accounting’ and Report Cards: This Week’s Accountability Shake‑Up for Colleges

Jan 233 min read

Colleges balance staffing data, estates funding and accountability statements as January policy picture becomes clearer

Jan 92 min read

Inspection, Funding and Pathways: What This Week’s Policy Moves Mean for 16–18 Provision

Jan 53 min read

16–18 at a Turning Point: Funding Tweaks, Recruitment Gaps and the New Skills Ambition

Dec 19, 20252 min read

Power to the Regions: Why This Week’s Funding and Reform News Matters for FE

Dec 15, 20252 min read

Data Scrutiny, Social Value, and the Staff Survey: The Week in UK FE

Dec 5, 20252 min read

Data, Funding and Purpose: This Week’s FE insights on Curriculum Reform and the Power of Specialist Colleges

Nov 28, 20253 min read

The Great Divide: Decoding the Budget's £590 Million Upswing vs. Adult Skills Cuts