Ensuring that the further education (FE) sector has a high-quality teaching workforce is critical to the government’s ambitions for the sector and its wider industrial...
One of the strangest things about the current AI conversation is how quickly people jump from “this tool improves efficiency” to “human judgement is now...
Further education colleges across the UK continue to demonstrate resilience and ingenuity in the face of sustained financial pressure. While funding remains constrained and costs...
The SEND Transition Collective, convened by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) in partnership with FE News, brought together senior practitioners, policy advisors, and FE...
The reform of technical education in England has reached a pivotal moment. With T Levels now established across the post-16 landscape, attention is turning to...
There’s a belief that AI will somehow fix educational marketing. That by automating outreach, refining targeting and increasing output, institutions will naturally see better engagement...
As devolution reshapes England’s skills system and the second iteration of LSIPs comes into focus, attention is rightly turning to how regional ambition becomes delivery. Suzanne Slater, Commercial...
When one in seven young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (NEET) by the age of 23, this is not just a concerning statistic –...
In further education policy, “closing skills gaps” is often framed as a technical challenge with straightforward solutions: expand provision, add courses, increase qualification levels. It’s...
She did everything right. When she received her ADHD diagnosis in her early forties, she told her employer, followed the correct processes, and waited for...
The UK is facing a growing skills crisis, not due to a lack of ambition or talent, but because too few young people are leaving…
To build a stronger, fairer economy, we must start with people—by giving learners access to high-quality technical education that’s rooted in local opportunity. Institutes of…
Patients and pupils across England are set to benefit from nearly £1.2billion worth of essential maintenance fixes being rolled out at hospitals and schools. Over…
From Entrepreneurial Lead at Borders College, Lee-Anne Gillie. We had an incredible finale to our 2025 Start-up Competition this week, with 16 amazing pitches delivered…
A team of High Needs and Special Educational Needs students from Reading College and University Centre are celebrating after winning an agricultural competition. The students…
EDGE, a leading multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, has been appointed to the University of Birmingham’s new Construction Project Management framework – continuing its growth…
With the rise of AI, graduates are entering a labour market where traditional roles are evolving and new ones are emerging. This has raised concerns…
The NPTC Group of Colleges Sports Awards 2025 took place on Wednesday, 21st May, celebrating outstanding sporting and public service achievements from students across NPTC…
The panel discussion I chaired on Growth, Skills and Place at the Lifelong Education Institute’s Annual Conference in April brought together a prominent Labour politician…
In January 2024, then Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer, pledged that a Labour government would end the scandal of worsening child health. There would be…
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