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,...
Fashion students at Blackburn College have created an exclusive collection of sportswear – all made from recycled football kit. The unique collection was created by…
Students at City of Wolverhampton College gained first-hand experience of the latest innovations in sustainable energy during a Renewable Awareness Day at E.ON’s Net Zero…
Dumfries and Galloway College (DGC) is proud to celebrate the success of plumbing apprentice James Rankin, who secured a bronze medal at the prestigious SNIPEF…
A restaurant at The Sheffield College which trains the next generation of talent has won a top industry award for the second year running. The…
A Leeds College of Building apprentice has been crowned Senior Champion at the Guild of Bricklayers National Final 2025. Ellis Smith, an apprentice with Hirst…
A pair of talented Blackburn College students are through to the finals of the town’s first ever film festival for directing stunning short films. Ajay…
Cruise industry giants have teamed up with three colleges to highlight the sector as an exciting, rewarding career pathway for school leavers. This included 12…
Students and staff from Gower College Swansea (@GowerCollegeSwa) have gathered together to celebrate another fantastic year of academic and vocational excellence. Kev Johns MBE made…
Winners of this year’s Aspiration Awards have today (25 June) been announced. Created by the education charity and leader in vocational and technical learning NCFE,…
This article is part of a new series exploring workplace needs assessments and how they can support staff across the education sector. These assessments provide…
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