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...
Kerry Boffey of FIN asks if nominee training is about preparing for an Ofsted inspection or should it be doing something much bigger. Of course,...
Further education (FE) and skills generates knowledge every day. Teachers, trainers, leaders and support staff investigate what works, adapt practice and draw on evidence to...
At the Lifelong Education Institute’s annual lecture, Andy Haldane set out a compelling reason to take lifelong learning seriously: longer lives will require longer working...
Research from the Money and Pensions Service in 2024 found that 76% of teachers say most pupils leave school or college without the money skills...
Meta-skills, also known as ‘core skills,’ such as critical thinking, adaptability, and emotional intelligence are more important than ever in the modern economy. However there…
A specialist designer and manufacturer of sustainable electric motors and powertrain systems has tapped into a new skills pilot to help it achieve ambitious expansion…
The City of Liverpool College has secured a £100,000 investment for new training facilities through the Test and Learn Retrofit Skills Programme. The programme, funded…
Do you work with people who might need the added confidence that a qualification will give them? Project Cadarnhad, delivered by PLANED a community-led partnership,…
Figures released by the Office for Students (OfS) show that the proportion of top degree classifications awarded to students has fallen to pre-pandemic levels, after…
Students in further education are getting the chance to work with real data, on important topics such as gender pay gaps, inflation and health, as…
I’m excited to become the first chair of UCAS’s Qualifications Advisory Group (QAG), to have been chosen from a Further Education (FE) College. For those…
“There is a big debate to be had about whether we are actually teaching and training the right things” I am absolutely delighted to see…
A pioneering new report looking at the impact of generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) on different types of assessment has recommended that the performance of…
PUPILS and teachers at a village school wood like to thank Coleg Cambria for a generous donation. Mike Ward, a Carpentry and Joinery lecturer at…
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