After my ADHD diagnosis, the research, and that conversation with a former employer, I noted in my last article that I'd launched something that I...
At the start of his second week as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham has announced what amounts to a revolution in education policy. We have heard...
Kerry Boffey of FIN identifies changes in the Ofsted operating guide and toolkit which require provider attention before September. Providers preparing for inspection should pay...
Today's announcement from the Prime Minister is significant structural reform. Technical education pathways from age 14, combining core academic subjects with employer contact and workplace...
By mid-July, most Further Education leadership teams have shifted their attention to enrolment, exam boards and the slow scramble to close out the academic year....
This year’s World Youth Skills Day theme, 'Skills for a shared future', is timely. Young people are entering a labour market being reshaped by artificial intelligence, automation and changing employer expectations. Yet too often we describe...
Economic inactivity linked to long-term health conditions has now reached 2.8 million people in the UK, costing the country an estimated £212 billion per year...
FE leaders are not short of priorities. Funding pressures, curriculum reform, skills gaps, and meeting diverse learner needs all demand attention, so the instinct can...
Across the country, clean energy projects are falling behind schedule. Sometimes it’s planning disputes. Other times, it’s budget pressures. But the challenge that often goes...
Part Three of three on children, social media and the ban. The first piece asked how we arrived here. The second asked what we should...
Coleg Menai recently hosted the latest stage of the annual EESW Sixth Form Project for budding engineers in north west Wales. Each year, the Engineering…
If you imagine an apprentice, what do you see? A teenager wearing overalls ready to fix your car? Think again. Long gone are the days…
Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s Eva Voma and Madeleine Warburton have been selected in the UK squads preparing for WorldSkills Lyon 2024. Eva and Madeleine have been…
Coleg Llandrillo sport students recently trained to be rugby referees ready to officiate at Urdd tournaments. Learners completed their Referee in Education course with Sean…
BAE Systems and the University of Portsmouth have launched the UK’s first ever degree apprenticeship in Space Systems Engineering. Applications are now open for the…
National Apprenticeship Week takes place next week starting on February 5th and it is the perfect time to share positive and inspiring stories of some…
Apprenticeships are playing a crucial role in helping Shropshire businesses to plug skills gaps and overcome recruitment challenges, according to one of the county’s leading…
Wigan is the best place to be an apprentice in England, according to new research by tech startup Multiverse. Multiverse’s ‘Best Places to be an Apprentice’ ranks…
Kirstie Donnelly MBE, Chief Executive, City & Guilds reflects on the positive value of apprenticeships to learners and the economy. She focuses on how apprenticeships can…
Eight years on from the launch of the Apprenticeship Levy, and billions are still going unspent while industry struggles with skills gaps. Anna Clarke, director…
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