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...
Dumfries and Galloway College (@DandGCollege) recognises that the regional economy needs to grow and thrive and that businesses have to develop the right skills to…
Stoke on Trent College(@SOTCollege) ‘continues to deliver outstanding career-related learning’, after being re-accredited by Staffordshire County Council for the Quality in Careers Standard. In 2021,…
The BIEA STEM Competition 2024 Final, held in London this summer, brought together young innovators from eight countries to tackle pressing issues in the fashion…
Study trips are often one of the first things in the school, college and university budgets that get scrapped when there is a drop in…
In this article, Neil explores how innovative solutions can aid in rehabilitating ex-offenders by developing their skills and character, helping them reintegrate into society and…
Major changes at Moulton College have paved the way for the Department of Education to withdraw the College’s financial notice to improve (FTNI). The notice,…
Dr Helen Driscoll has been appointed as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching). This comes after she was appointed Interim Pro Vice-Chancellor in March 2024 after…
Two apprentices who have graduated from the University of Sunderland(@sunderlanduni) have been recognised for their work at the North East Apprenticeship Awards. Hayley Lord, who…
Svitlana Zghurieva, a Level 2 Hairdressing student at Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) @BSDCofficial, has quickly made her mark since arriving from Ukraine. Recently…
A grant in excess of £59,000 has been awarded to the University of Salford’s Dr Silvia Tedesco, by the Biomass Biorefinery Network (BBNet), to conduct…
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