How to Ask Well is emerging as a critical leadership competency across Further Education. As FE teams navigate heavy workloads, pressure to deliver outcomes, and...
On 2 December 2025, Ministers Shane Reti and Penny Simmonds released New Zealand's new Tertiary Education Strategy for 2025-2030. In this fourth article in my...
Apprenticeship Governing Boards: What does 2026 hold? I've spent many years sitting on or advising the boards and committees of independent training providers, employer providers...
I'm incredibly proud to share that I've now completed my Level 7 Senior Leadership apprenticeship at The University of Manchester: Alliance Manchester Business School – graduating with a...
The Education and Training Foundation’s recent Achieving Social Value in Further Education and Skills report puts into words something many of us working in apprenticeships...
New research reveals that employers in England face substantially higher costs of training apprentices compared with their counterparts in Germany and Austria. If the employer costs are so high, will this stand...
What a whirlwind 2025 has been for anyone working in skills policy. In addition to the significant changes to apprenticeships, we’ve seen a renewed focus...
In my first two articles of this series, I explored the history of New Zealand's vocational education system and the announcement of the 2026 reforms....
AI literacy is often framed as a specialist skill: something required only in particular sectors, or by those who actively use artificial intelligence as part...
The Budget’s child-poverty reforms are vital, but closing education’s digital gap is now essential to ensure fair access, participation and assessment for all. Scrapping the...
As colleges, we’re always looking for the best ways to help employers fill their talent pathways, at the same time as helping young people make…
City College Plymouth was proud to host a major careers event on Friday 28 November, welcoming Year 8, 9 and 10 students from Tor Bridge…
Professor Paul Boyle, Vice-Chancellor of Swansea University, has been appointed the new Chair of the British Council Wales Advisory Committee, succeeding Rob Humphreys CBE FLSW,…
A leading environmental charity has welcomed the passing of a bill which means all Scottish schoolchildren will get to experience at least one outdoor residential trip during their education as a ‘landmark’ moment. …
City College Plymouth and Princess Yachts are proud to celebrate the graduation of the third cohort from the ten-week Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Leadership and…
City College Plymouth is proud to announce that Dartmoor Zoological Society has been chosen as the College’s official Charity of the Year for 2025/26. The…
The backlog of people waiting to have their work capability assessed is to be significantly reduced through a package of measures that will reduce UK welfare spending by £1.9bn by the end of 2030/31. The changes will see the Government…
The Sheffield College has achieved third place in the latest ranking of 100 inclusive employers nationally and is the top further education provider. The National…
Dumfries and Galloway College (DGC) was celebrating after winning two top honours at the 2025 College Development Network Awards – while also landing a prestigious…
The North Wales Regional Skills Partnership in collaboration with Grŵp Llandrillo Menai, hosted a highly successful Renewables Skills Roundtable at Coleg Llandrillo’s Engineering Centre on…
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