September marks the three-year anniversary of the Green Changemakers programme and we have learned so much in that time. On this quiet morning in my...
It has been nine months since the House of Lords Social Mobility Policy Committee, which I chaired, published its report ‘Social mobility: Local roots, lasting...
As budgets tighten and campus capacity shrinks, hybrid models offer a practical way to deliver exams at scale. As higher and further education institutions across...
After my ADHD diagnosis, the research, and that conversation with a former employer, I noted in my last article that I'd launched something that I...
At the start of his second week as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham has announced what amounts to a revolution in education policy. We have heard...
Kerry Boffey of FIN identifies changes in the Ofsted operating guide and toolkit which require provider attention before September. Providers preparing for inspection should pay...
Today's announcement from the Prime Minister is significant structural reform. Technical education pathways from age 14, combining core academic subjects with employer contact and workplace...
By mid-July, most Further Education leadership teams have shifted their attention to enrolment, exam boards and the slow scramble to close out the academic year....
This year’s World Youth Skills Day theme, 'Skills for a shared future', is timely. Young people are entering a labour market being reshaped by artificial intelligence, automation and changing employer expectations. Yet too often we describe...
Economic inactivity linked to long-term health conditions has now reached 2.8 million people in the UK, costing the country an estimated £212 billion per year...
Grŵp Llandrillo Menai and RWE apprentice Madeleine Warburton has this week joined up with the WorldSkillsUK training squad for Shanghai 2026. Madeleine, an apprentice wind…
Barking & Dagenham College is urging people to consider becoming an apprentice, to either start a career or change career for older people. During National…
Twenty-seven of the finest apprentices working in Wales have had their hard work and determination celebrated at the Cardiff and Vale College Apprenticeship Awards 2025.…
Over 240 students from 22 schools in East Anglia explored technology roles thanks to STEM Learning’s ‘I Belong’ programme, supported by Eastern Education Group (EEG),…
The Sandwell Colleges has once again demonstrated its commitment to delivering outstanding information, advice, and guidance (IAG) services by securing the matrix Standard accreditation for…
Melanie Nicholson, Managing Director of leading apprenticeship and work-based learning provider Total People, has welcomed some of the governments recently announced reforms to apprenticeships, while…
Fourteen A Level students from Gower College Swansea have been offered places to study at Oxford or Cambridge University in 2025. The students are all…
Lee Owston and Paul Joyce explain how the new Ofsted inspection framework will transform inspections for FE providers, detailing key changes including real-time feedback, streamlined…
It’s approaching a year since we finished the Green Changemakers pilot, a year where we’ve been supporting and energising one another in the community, co-creating…
Well its certainly been a tumultuous week or so in relation to apprenticeship policy and rules! As a result, I thought it would be good…
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