From the end of 2023, until the beginning of 2025, I was leading a piece of research titled Appreciating and Supporting Neurodiversity for the New...
Further Education colleges are already driving innovation every day, yet their contribution remains largely invisible in national policy. Elaine Baxter explores why recognising, supporting and...
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,...
A win-at-all-costs attitude in grassroots football is creating a negative atmosphere which affects players’ skill development and their enjoyment of the game, according to a…
Students at Northampton College’s Daventry Campus have been urged to “succeed with us and excel beyond us” during an awards ceremony to celebrate their achievements…
A new report published today by Ofsted shares insights into how ‘early adopter’ schools and further education (FE) colleges across England are integrating generative artificial…
We catch up with Phil Smith CBE, Chair of Skills England at AELP’s annual conference. Phil discusses the recent industrial strategy and Skills England’s priority…
A 35-year-old apprentice who changed careers to follow her passion for helping others has been named Apprentice of the Year at a national awards ceremony. …
Standing in The Aftermath In Part 1, I shared the raw emotional reality of what it felt like to Fail: Totally. Utterly. Absolutely. I described…
Education is the bedrock of any successful nation, and we as a society have a responsibility to equip our young people with the knowledge and…
PAC report recommends DfE should enter campaign mode to build critical mass of students More must be done to ensure more students enrol in T…
Cambrian Training Company (CTC) is one of the leading work-based learning apprenticeship providers in Wales. It was established in Welshpool, Powys, in 1995 as a…
In today’s professional landscape it’s not uncommon for workers to find themselves in managerial roles without formal training. It’s so common in fact that it…
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