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The government has taken a long-term approach to NHS planning; it should do the same with education, Stephen Evans writes

The Treasury admits there is still no date fixed for halving SMEs’ apprenticeship contributions to 5%

Monitoring visits for new apprenticeship providers uncover a ‘wide variety in the quality of apprentices’ training’

Both the ‘challenging’ timescale and funding levels for the introduction of T levels are concerns for trade unions

Boosting technical education could deliver economic returns for the Treasury and students alike, thinktank says

Schools are struggling to recruit enough maths teachers, but the shortage of specialists in the subject in the FE sector is even more acute – especially as colleges are expected to cope with the added burden of GCSE resits. Here, George Ryan looks at the numbers and investigates how colleges are attempting to solve the problem