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Top apprenticeship employers celebrated for 2025

The Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers and Top 50 SME Apprenticeship Employers tables for 2025 showcase the very best apprenticeship programmes over the past 12 months.

04/07/2025 Read more

Shaping the future of FE - 5 Podcast episodes you need to hear

Here are five podcast episodes from the past couple of years that every Further Education professional, policymaker, or job seeker in the sector should hear. Each offers unique insight into where FE is heading, what challenges we face, and how we can prepare for the future.

03/07/2025 Read more

College backs former student at Euro 2025

Solihull College & University Centre is proud to be supporting a former student and England international this summer as the Lionesses look to defend their Euros title.

02/07/2025 Read more

Leeds College of Building marks its 65th anniversary in education with a rebrand

Leeds College of Building has played a pivotal role in delivering high-quality education and training to over 100,000 students and apprentices since its establishment in 1960. It is the UK’s only specialist further education college focused solely on construction and the built environment.

01/07/2025 Read more

Leeds College of Building Principal Attends Construction Skills Mission Board at Westminster

Senior leaders from across construction and Government Ministers will launch the construction sector skills mission this week, to ensure the sector has the workforce it needs to deliver. The Construction Skills Mission Board will meet today, 26 June, to set a strategy for recruiting an additional 100,000 workers a year by the end of the Parliament.

26/06/2025 Read more

ACCA announces redesign of qualification for a redefined accountancy profession

Future ACCA Qualification unveiled as employers look to accountants to take broader role in embracing AI-driven technology and driving sustainable business

25/06/2025 Read more

The Silver Plate restaurant wins top award at industry ‘Oscars’ for the second year in a row

The Silver Plate is the winner of this year’s Craft Guild of Chefs Accredited College Restaurant Award sponsored by Wafflemeister.

24/06/2025 Read more

Leeds College of Building Apprentice Wins Guild of Bricklayers National Trophy

A Leeds College of Building apprentice has been crowned Senior Champion at the Guild of Bricklayers National Final 2025.

24/06/2025 Read more

UK heatwave: Can you stop working when it gets too hot?

The Met Office has said temperatures could reach 33C today (Friday 20th June 2025), while heat alerts remain in place until Monday. This has led some to question if it can ever be too hot to work from home or the office, what the rules are for employers and their duty of care to their employees?

20/06/2025 Read more

BCoT's award winning journey to AI in the classroom

BCoT's Digital Team Honoured with Silver Pearson National Teaching Award The College is delighted to announce that the Digital Team has won a prestigious Silver Award for Transformational Use of Digital Technology at this year's Pearson National Teaching Awards. This national recognition celebrates BCoT's pioneering and innovative approach to integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into teaching, learning, and student support.

19/06/2025 Read more

Bradford College Students Star in Special Countryfile Episode

A group of five Bradford College students got to see their faces on prime time television, featuring in a very special Countryfile ‘Bradford: City of Culture’ episode. Described as ‘a story of grit and wool’, the latest instalment of the popular programme saw the BBC celebrate Bradford’s year as UK City of Culture by exploring how surrounding countryside has shaped the city and its creative legacy.

17/06/2025 Read more

West Herts College Group Principal & Chief Exec awarded CBE

West Herts College Group is delighted to announce that its Principal and Chief Executive, Gill Worgan, has been awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours list. This prestigious recognition highlights the contributions made by Gill to the field of further education and the communities the College serves.

16/06/2025 Read more

Nearly 6 million people are balancing employment with unpaid care

A new report from Learning and Work Institute (L&W) warns the UK is likely to face a greater demand for care, with projections of rising ill-health driven by an aging population. Much of this care is already provided by “unpaid” carers – usually family members – of whom there are nearly six million of working age in the UK. 1.7 million of these are classed as ‘substantial carers’, caring for 20 hours or more per week.

12/06/2025 Read more

AI revolution to give teachers more time with pupils

Government driving forward AI tools to deliver excellence everywhere for every child, as part of Plan for Change. Pupils across England will benefit from more face-to-face time with teachers as the government forges ahead with plans to harness the power of AI to deliver educational excellence.

10/06/2025 Read more

PM launches national skills drive to unlock opportunities for young people in tech

Pupils across the country will be given the skills and tools needed to get the AI-powered jobs of the future thanks to a new skills programme launched by the Prime Minister today (Monday 9 June). At the heart of the skills drive, and as part of the upcoming modern Industrial Strategy, is a new £187 million government “TechFirst” programme to bring digital skills and AI learning into classrooms and communities and train up people of all ages and backgrounds for the tech careers of the future. Today’s announcements show this government is laser focused on investing in the futures of young people across Britain, knocking down barriers to opportunities, regardless of where they grow up.

09/06/2025 Read more