Small and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of the UK economy, yet encouraging more of them to participate in apprenticeships remains a challenge. While much...
As we await Alan Milburn’s final review of young people and work, much of the debate has understandably focused on the scale of youth inactivity,...
A college can achieve a strong staff survey response rate and still fail to hear from some of the people it most needs to understand....
In a special feature for FE News to mark Get the Nation Learning Week, Alison Morris, Director of Policy at Skills Federation brings together members...
The Government’s Youth Guarantee is a welcome recognition that too many young people are being left behind. But if it is to succeed over the...
Picture a meeting that covers a change to timetables, a new adjustments plan, or a restructure proposal. Everyone nods. Actions are agreed. Then, over the...
There has been increased debate over youth participation in education and employment, and the scale of the challenge is undeniable. Nearly one million young people...
Every November the Department for Education counts the school workforce, and every year the headline is about teachers. This year's count, published last month, is...
Think about the young people leaving further education this year. One might be heading to university. Another is starting an apprenticeship. One is going straight...
The forthcoming Budget and the Milburn Review will bring further focus onto participation, opportunity and workforce development; apprenticeships are once again set to occupy a...
Quality assurance software specialist Mesma has made a key appointment as it continues to invest in new product development as part of planned strategic growth. Ola…
Barking & Dagenham College (@BarkingCollege) students got the chance to learn all about apprenticeships when the College hosted a number of online events with employers,…
‘Off the Job training’ is defined by the government’s Education and Skills Funding Agency as “training, which is received by the apprentice, during the apprentice’s…
Imperial students will turn their ideas into new technologies, products and businesses in the Venture Catalyst Challenge. The Venture Catalyst Challenge (VCC) is Imperial College…
A Barking & Dagenham College (@BarkingCollege) student has set up his own vehicle maintenance and repair business confirming his life-long passion for cars. Harsharan Singh,…
Newbury College (@newburycollege) and University Centre Newbury (@UCNewbury) have been recognising the incredible contribution that apprenticeships make towards building the future, throughout National Apprenticeship Week,…
The 100,000th[i] person to pass their apprenticeship is a 20-year-old engineer from the North East of England. Tests for apprentices, known as end point assessments,…
Access to scientifically robust data and analytics is currently patchy and unreliable. Armed with better information, underpinned by innovative UK science, financial institutions around the…
In her first speech* to the University and College Union’s (@UCU) annual congress as general secretary, Jo Grady set out the challenges workers in prison,…
@newburycollege and @UCNewbury (UCN) have been recognising the incredible contribution that apprenticeships make towards building the future, throughout National Apprenticeship Week, and highlighting some outstanding…
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