Last week, I joined representatives from Parliament, employers, business organisations, awarding bodies and the wider skills sector at the New Statesman Politics Live event to...
The most important word in apprenticeships is not achievement. That is not about diminishing the importance of completion or success. Achievement matters. It signals that...
In the second part of our special feature for FE News to mark Youth Employment Week, Alison Morris, Director of Policy at Skills Federation brings...
There is growing evidence that sustainability is moving from a specialist function into mainstream business operations Employers are increasingly seeking professionals who combine technical business...
This is Part Two of three on children, social media and the ban. The government is introducing legislation to bar children from the platforms. It...
When Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham walks into Number 10- be that Downing Street or the ‘Number 10 of the north’ in Manchester- what should his...
The idea that a career in research is becoming obsolete is easy to understand. It is also wrong, but not for the reasons you might expect. Behind the debate about research careers lies a more...
It’s Youth Employment Week, and in a special feature for FE News, Alison Morris, Director of Policy at Skills Federation brings together members Adrian Wookey,...
Aspiring marketers are set to enter the industry at a challenging, but exciting time. Competition for jobs may only become greater, with the recent Milburn...
Picture this. A member of your teaching staff is three weeks into a formal performance improvement process. Observations have been graded as requiring improvement. You...
Skills England has released the latest list of approved Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs), confirming which programmes have successfully met approval requirements as of August 2025.…
What a year and a half it’s been! Since launching our Functional Skills qualifications in February 2024 (yes, confetti cannons were absolutely involved), we’ve been…
Organisations across Wales are being encouraged to get involved in this year’s Adult Learners’ Week from September 15 to 21 by hosting an event or…
Lifetime Group today launches ‘Blueprint or blind spot: how will foundation apprenticeships play out for the learner and the employer?’ exploring employers’ perspectives on foundation…
Security in education has traditionally been seen as reactive, physical, and peripheral. Today, it is anything but. Whether it’s protecting people from harm, ensuring continuity…
With nearly a third of UK graduates underemployed, it’s clear the traditional education-to-work pipeline is broken. This article explores how Gen Z’s entrepreneurial, interdisciplinary mindset…
GCSE joy is not just reserved for secondary school kids, as adult learners studying at Blackburn College were overjoyed at achieved great results. Blackburn College…
An unrivalled network of Liverpool’s most successful entrepreneurs has joined forces to lend their support and experience to a unique academic course in entrepreneurship, delivered…
It is disappointing and surprising to see that the number of students studying computing at GCSE has fallen by 4.4% this year. This is the…
The ink is barely dry on the legislation to abolish the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) that gives its powers over technical education…
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