Young people not in education, employment or training have often missed out on opportunities to develop essential employment skills. The Nuffield Foundation has launched a...
100,000 placements is a welcome start. Who helps young people get to day one? In thirty-five years working in careers guidance, I have watched a...
Term has started, and colleges are still settling timetables and filling gaps in delivery. It's a good moment to look at who's teaching under subcontracted...
Adult learners are already investing in new careers; policy should turn that commitment into a connected journey from entry-level competence to higher technical progression. The...
The funded management ladder has gone. Team Leader at Level 3, Operations Manager at Level 5, Chartered Manager at Level 6, Coaching Professional, Improvement Practitioner,...
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...
National Apprenticeship Week serves as a reminder of both the transformational impact that further and higher education can have on people’s lives and the acute…
Wheeler Dealers stars Mike and Michelle Brewer gave media students a fascinating insight into TV production and the car sales industry during a visit to…
Bradford College engineering apprentices welcomed a local MP to their workplace to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2026 (9-15 February). Judith Cummins MP visited the Engineering…
Skills in emerging technologies are essential for professional accountants and help organisations enhance their future-readiness In response to insights from over 900 finance leaders, ACCA…
Trailblazing Cheshire West and Chester companies committed to the clean energy transition can now access support for new apprentices. Up to 20 apprentices could be…
Further education colleges have a vital role to play in responding directly to the government’s industrial strategy, plugging the skills gap and ensuring that the…
Apprenticeship students from The City of Liverpool College working with the construction arm of Torus Group have been at the centre of an initiative to…
If 2025 was a year of reform announcements for the FE and skills system – and it was, from V-levels to professional development to new ways of funding…
Not many of you may know, but I’m actually a degree apprentice. I’m studying Responsible Business Management at the University of Exeter while working full-time…
Three colleges are stepping up to tackle digital inequality across the further education (FE) sector. Today, Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT), the Heart of Yorkshire…
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