We have been named one of The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers 2026, ranking 49th.

Colleges will be included in new government enrichment benchmarks to be published this week, but ministers have not said they will be eligible for funding from a new £132.5 million activities scheme.

Former FE commissioner Shelagh Legrave has been made a dame in the King’s birthday honour list.

Colleges and training providers receiving new SEND inclusion funding will have to show inspectors how the money is improving outcomes for students under updated Ofsted rules coming into force this September.

Around one million young people will be offered a meningitis B (MenB) vaccination this summer under a one-off government programme aimed at preventing outbreaks in universities and residential further education colleges.

Young people in England are increasingly “losing faith in their futures” according to a report, as record numbers fear long-term unemployment.