While the headlines this year have gone to pathways and funding, the deepest apprenticeship reform is happening in a corner of the system most commentary...
Ten academic years ago, I wrote for FE News about challenging stereotypes, inspired by the late MP Jo Cox. As another academic year begins, I...
Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). That’s a grim milestone that’s only marginally dropped in the latest quarter according to the ONS....
“Employers are far more likely to engage when they believe the organisation contacting them understands the commercial environment in which they operate.” We cannot solve...
The financial pressures facing UK higher education have reached a point where we need to ask a more fundamental question: is the problem simply that universities...
Higher and degree apprenticeships should be one of the most powerful drivers of social mobility. They offer the chance to earn while learning, gain real...
The hiring and recruitment space is experiencing more change than ever before. Just under a million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are now out...
Last week brought a welcome signal that the government is ready to rethink GCSE maths resits. Education Secretary Lucy Powell acknowledged that failing to get...
In a few short weeks, tens of thousands of young people fresh from receiving their A-level and BTEC results will head off to university to...
As August draws to a close, Further Education settles into a particular rhythm. INSET days land in the final week of the month, enrolment week...
Online learners achieve top GCSE grades at nearly three times the national post-16 rate, while the A-Level pass rate rises and entries grow at four…
Students at Reading College and University Centre are celebrating after collecting their successful GCSE exam results. Over 96% of students taking maths and English GCSEs…
PfP Thrive is launching a new free programme in Derby this September aimed at helping more women build rewarding careers in housing and construction and…
West Midlands Combined Authority has renewed its contract with iMeta Training to deliver tech skills programmes that enhance careers, improve productivity and drive economic growth…
More than one million young people across the UK are currently NEET (not in education, employment or training). On top of this, almost half of…
This summer has delivered the clearest statement of intent on skills that further education has seen in a generation. Technical education pathways from age 14,…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 861: 22nd August 2026. With a UK Jobs Drought: Will the New Student Cohort Be Pointed In The Right Direction?…
A young person who once became so frightened by dogs that he would cross the road to avoid them now looks forward to spending every…
Suzanne Mulholland, the entrepreneur, author and television presenter behind The Batch Lady, will receive an Honorary Fellowship from @BordersCollege during its annual Graduation Ceremony in…
Students from Leeds City College are celebrating their GCSE results today, with many achieving the all-important Grade 4 in English and Maths. One student receiving…
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