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...
The first in a new series examining international careers, employability and skills systems, and what England might responsibly learn from them. Introduction There is something...
When it comes to employees, further education doesn't suffer from a shortage of enthusiasm or dedication. In fact, an analysis of FE staff survey responses...
Level 1 and 2 results day (not just GCSE as will become clear below) provides an annual reminder of the failings of our educational system....
During this summer's heatwaves, further education and skills providers across the country found themselves trying to run assessments, practical workshops and exams in buildings, workplaces...
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,...
For social care to be fit for the future, the workforce must be central to reform. Adult social care stands at a critical moment. Demand for care...
The State of the Skills Sector 2026 reveals that skills providers largely have confidence in their own performance, but far less certainty about policy, funding,...
Introducing students to careers in the NHS with work experience in partnership with Speakers for Schools Applications are now open for the NHS NextGen Nurse…
NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF NEW CABINET ATTENDED INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND ALMOST HALF ATTENDED OXBRIDGE Rishi Sunak attended an independent school as did most of his cabinet.…
Intrusive thoughts, feelings of professional incompetency, and the inability to accept feedback, whether it be positive or negative. Do these sound familiar? There’s a good…
A new report by Labour’s council of skills advisers led by the former Education and Employment Secretary Lord David Blunkett has laid out recommendations for a “revolution”…
Employer agreement with the DfE to pay training providers to carry out apprenticeship training.Read More
Statisticians count employment statuses in a short sequence. If you do one hour or more of paid work, you are ‘in employment’. If you’re not…
Educational inequalities are one of the most egregious ways in which wider regional disparities manifest in the UK. Where a child is born and raised…
With the government announcing the student loan repayment term will be extended to 40 years for new borrowers from September 2023 to ensure more students…
The crisis exists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born. Antonio Gramsci Whenever I encounter Gramsci’s definition…
A new ‘State of the Nation’ report from the Data Poverty APPG has called for urgent action from the Government to support the most vulnerable during the…
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