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...
We talk a lot about getting people “work ready”. But have we made the definition too narrow? If somebody has the right qualification and the…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 863: 5th September 2026. Postcode Lottery: 32% of All Degree Apprenticeships Are in 10 Postcode Areas and What Is Your…
A record-breaking summer programme has given young people the confidence and skills to take their next steps at Coleg Cambria. The college’s seven-week Jobs Growth…
A social care professional whose flourishing career was ended abruptly by illness has won a national award for adult learners. Julia Anderson, from Tredegar, was…
Young people with SEND cannot wait for system reform to access the support they need right now, says the Association of Colleges. A new…
As many young people head off to university, apprenticeships remain a popular option. Government figures for the last academic year show apprenticeship starts increased by…
Association of Colleges is delighted to announce that Gerry McDonald has been elected as the new AoC President. Taking over from Pat Carvalho, he will…
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…
Novus begins delivery of new Prisoner Education Service in West Midlands prisons The head of leading prison education provider Novus has spoken about education’s ‘powerful’…
Five new skills training centres across South East Scotland are to be created with £25m of UK Government funding, it was announced today (3 September…
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