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...
Work on a two-storey extension at New College Durham’s Framwellgate Moor Campus is set to commence in the coming weeks following Esh Construction being appointed…
Newbury College Engineering and Uniformed Public Services students have been inspired to consider a career in the armed forces after an engaging afternoon with personnel…
A local MP has praised a Blackpool centre helping people to find work. Scott Benton, MP for Blackpool South, visited PHX Training’s site at the…
The world of work is changing. With the advent of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, not to mention the looming shadow…
A meaningful ‘levelling up’ agenda cannot be limited to new tech hubs and hanging baskets on high streets, and should focus instead on improving town…
A new flagship Welsh Government programme, which will provide personalised support to people who are not currently in education, training or employment to find and…
A study from the Education Policy Institute and UCL Institute of Education has been conducted on ‘Stuck Schools’ and highlights the need for greater support…
Leading lighting designer and manufacturer Ansell Lighting has joined forces with Bradford College to support the building of a mock house for electrical installation students to practice…
Hundreds of shoppers in Leeds have been discovering more about adult education – thanks to a mysterious-looking visitor. Zoltar, a mechanised fortune teller (best known…
An app helping disadvantaged groups find and sustain jobs has been rolled out across the UK. Award-winning social enterprise Beam has launched a new app…
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