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21 May 2026

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Tyne Coast falls into hole left by £96m campus

1h | Colleges

Financial mess forces Boston College into intervention

1h | Colleges

Gemma Collins hate is snobbery, says Phillipson

3h | Skills reform

Ofsted delivers ‘needs attention’ blow to Multiverse after starts stop on weakest apprenticeships

11h | Apprenticeships

T Levels go fully remote as ministers scrap work placement limits

1d | Skills reform

Milburn quizzed by MPs on NEETs

1d | Young people

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DfE axes single awarding body licence model

1d | Skills reform
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AI is a mirror. FE must decide what it reflects

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We can’t tackle NEET numbers without fixing 16-19 funding

Sarah Waite

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Amelia Clayton

V Levels won’t fix vocational education – T Levels didn’t

Amelia Clayton

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Hannah Larsen

LSIPs are closing the skills gap, but the system’s still out of sync

Hannah Larsen

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DfE axes single awarding body licence model

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