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...
Less than two thirds (57%) of students will find employment within 15 months of graduating from University, according to research by the Office for Students.…
Cereal giant Kellogg’s has an opportunity for two apprentices to join its team at the MediaCityUK headquarters in Manchester. This will be the second time…
Following Rishi Sunak’s announcement, one of the main changes highlighted is that all UK households will now receive a £400 grant to reduce energy bills…
ATTFE College (located in North Nottinghamshire) wanted to bring joy to the local communities that they serve in way of celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee.…
Enterprising RAU student Imogen Burgoyne has won this year’s Royal Agricultural University (RAU) Grand Idea competition and secured a massive £10,000 investment, as well as…
The joint trade unions (UCU, NEU, UNISON, UNITE, GMB) met with the Association of Colleges (AOC) for a negotiating meeting on Thursday 26 May. At…
Waltham Forest College is empowering adults to have the IT skills they need to go further in their careers. The digital divide has left many of…
Staff at North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College (NWSLC) have been honoured as part of a prestigious national awards scheme as the college celebrated ‘Thank…
The Association of Colleges (@AOC_info) has called on the government to step in to support with college staff pay. AoC, which negotiates with unions representing…
Eligible families throughout the Caerphilly county borough are receiving free school meal packages this week in preparation for half term thanks to support from construction…
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