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...
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 COVID-19 pandemic may be in the Government’s rear-view mirror, but the virus is still causing widespread disruption. The long-anticipated return to the office has…
Colleagues across the further education sector are well-used to working in an acutely stressed and stressful operating environment, with existential risks all around. When one…
The share of young people who are workless has fallen by over a quarter since the mid-1990s, when it was a major social and economic…
Total spending on adult education and apprenticeships fell by 38% in real-terms between 2010–11 and 2020–21, with a 50% fall in spending on classroom-based adult…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 648, this is the e-journal giving you a round-up of this week’s latest news and insights from thought leaders across…
For those of us who have been in the teaching profession for many years, we know that it’s a tough job and without a passion…
LGBTI teachers have reported shocking levels of discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity to the NASUWT- The Teachers’ Union. Six in ten…
The Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath has slightly reduced employment and house price gaps across Britain, but hasn’t reduced wider economic divides, while ethnically diverse…
THE name is changed but the aim remains the same. That is to promote and showcase the best in apprentices and the people that employ…
Hundreds of students from across South Eastern Regional College (SERC) have been taking part in the College’s annual summer showcase. Organised by the Enterprise Team,…
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