Young people not in education, employment or training have often missed out on opportunities to develop essential employment skills. The Nuffield Foundation has launched a...
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...
Education must be at heart of prison system, say MPs, as new report highlights freefall in quality of and engagement with existing provision Almost two…
OfS has now opened the bidding process and set out capital grant details for the next three financial years. This information can be found here.…
For the return of the Annual Conference to Manchester, UK, from 6-8 September 2022, we will bring together different critical perspectives from across our community that will…
![[L-R] Yiannis Koursis, Principal and Chief Executive Officer of Barnsley College; Alisha Shepherd, Tuition Fund Administrator, Barnsley College; and Chris Nicholls, Area Director, North East and Yorkshire and Humber, Association of Colleges.](https://www.fenews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Alisha-Shepherd-receiving-her-certificate-1168x800.jpg)
Former Barnsley College Level 3 Business Administrator Apprentice, Alisha Shepherd, was presented with a certificate and a cheque for £150 after being crowned Apprentice of…
The CQF Institute, part of Fitch Learning, announced today (17 May) that it has published, “The CQF Careers Guide to Quantitative Finance”, which is designed…
Borders College is set to get a new Principal with the news that the current incumbent, Angela Cox, is to take up the post of…
The Government’s goal to see one million more disabled people in work has been reached, the latest official figures show. Over one million more disabled…
A Senior Professional Practice Fellow at Leeds Trinity University is set to discuss sustainability and climate change at the Westminster Education Forum policy conference. Dr…
A PRESTIGIOUS skills competition is set to be held on Teesside later this year, bringing together the very best young brains from across the UK.…
Applications are now being accepted for the World Literacy Foundation’s Youth Ambassador Program. The three-month online training opportunity, starting in June 2022, develops leadership skills,…
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