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Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, UK, EU and International careers policy, research and practice specialist

100,000 Placements is a Welcome Start. Who Helps Young People get to day one?

By Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE

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...

Jeanette Wheeler

From October, colleges are liable for people the HR teams never hired

By MHR

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...

Ian Bennett,

Building Pathways For Adults Who Invest In Their Own Future

By Lifelong Education Institute

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...

Craig Carden

Don’t rebuild the same programme with a different number on it

By Craig Carden

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,...

Vanessa Aradia Exclusive

Can They Actually do the Job? Why Knowledge was Only Ever Part of the Story

By Vanessa Aradia

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...

Palvinder Singh

Where Is the Love? A start-of-term challenge to Further Education

By Kirklees College

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...

Claire Bennison

Stop Asking Young People to fit one Route, Start Designing Routes that fit more Young People

By AAT

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....

Adam Herbert

Understanding Local Employers to Address Local Skills Gaps

By Go Live Data

“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...

Afzal Sayed Munna

University 365: Does the UK Need to Rethink the University Model?

By Afzal Sayed Munna

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...

Sarah Atkinson

The Degree Apprenticeship System is Failing too Many Talented Young People

By Social Mobility Foundation

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...

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