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...
I attended a networking event a few months ago and was chatting in a small group when the conversation of hiring and retaining staff was…
A new initiative has been launched to support academics and healthcare professionals to further develop their careers in the emerging world of surgical technology paving…
As GCSEs begin, the Independent Assessment Commission (IAC) – an expert panel of teachers, parents, academics, business and students – have wished young people sitting exams good…
Research among more than 7,500 undergraduates entering the job market next month reveals that over two thirds (68%) of black heritage students are confident about…
Tackling immigration bureaucracy and visa costs could allow the UK to attract and retain the best research talent from around the world, cementing the country’s…
A European tech initiative has returned in 2022 to support tech startups and scale-ups access the UK, Ireland and Europe to better connect with investors…
For months the qualifications reform programme has felt like driving in thick fog. Awarding Organisations have known they are on a journey to rationalisation. But…
The Government will temporarily disengage with the National Union of Students (NUS) following recent antisemitism allegations. The NUS will be removed from all Department for…
Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) has won the prestigious British Council Award for Internationalism in the AoC Beacon Awards. Association of Colleges’ Beacon Awards…
This week, presenter Tom Bewick, looks at the issue of apprenticeship reform in England since 2012; and asks whether the scheme is working properly. Overall…
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