While the headlines this year have gone to pathways and funding, the deepest apprenticeship reform is happening in a corner of the system most commentary...
Ten academic years ago, I wrote for FE News about challenging stereotypes, inspired by the late MP Jo Cox. As another academic year begins, I...
Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). That’s a grim milestone that’s only marginally dropped in the latest quarter according to the ONS....
“Employers are far more likely to engage when they believe the organisation contacting them understands the commercial environment in which they operate.” We cannot solve...
The financial pressures facing UK higher education have reached a point where we need to ask a more fundamental question: is the problem simply that universities...
Higher and degree apprenticeships should be one of the most powerful drivers of social mobility. They offer the chance to earn while learning, gain real...
The hiring and recruitment space is experiencing more change than ever before. Just under a million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are now out...
Last week brought a welcome signal that the government is ready to rethink GCSE maths resits. Education Secretary Lucy Powell acknowledged that failing to get...
In a few short weeks, tens of thousands of young people fresh from receiving their A-level and BTEC results will head off to university to...
As August draws to a close, Further Education settles into a particular rhythm. INSET days land in the final week of the month, enrolment week...
Students from Barking & Dagenham College’s Horizons department lit up the stage this week as they performed in the annual Horizons Talent Show, an event…
Digital apprentices completing selected Level 4 programmes will soon have a new route into degree-level study under a partnership between independent training provider Baltic Apprenticeships…
WorldSkills UK and DEWALT are proud to announce a new partnership that will see students and apprentices across the UK benefit from training opportunities through…
Students on university level qualifications at UC Sheffield have rated their experiences very positively, according to new national survey results. The National Student Survey (NSS)…
Six talented Welsh apprentices and students have been selected to represent Team UK at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026, taking place from 22nd-27th September. Known as the…
Welsh training providers, ACT and ALS, have been awarded Platinum accreditation in both We Invest in People and We Invest in Wellbeing. The organisations have…
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…
Implementing three key reforms to reduce NEET numbers, including an ‘outreach army’ of NEET young people to find and engage the estimated 300,000 ‘hidden NEETs’, would save up to £6bn for the government in the…
The Government’s Pathways to Work Innovation Fund is a ‘call to action’ for the private, voluntary and public sectors to come forward with the most…
Around 100,000 disabled people and those with health conditions are closer to work thanks to a voluntary Government programme being delivered in every Jobcentre across…
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