It seems everyone in Greater Manchester has an Andy Burnham Story. Mine starts backstage at Parklife festival in 2017. I was fortunate enough to be...
Employers understand the need for skills. They experience recruitment pressures, changing technology and gaps in workforce capability directly. What many understand less clearly, is how...
The Breaking Barriers report is absolutely right to focus on building more bridges into work for young people and moving the debate away from cliff...
On Tuesday last week, the Prime Minister announced plans to put technical education on an equal footing with academic study. There was more focus on...
In the first three months of 2026, the number of young people in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEETs) passed...
The recent FE News special feature for Youth Employment Week rightly celebrated the employers who are working hard to open doors for young people, showcasing...
Lord Agnew, Chair of the House of Lords special inquiry Numeracy for Life Committee provides an update on the Committee’s year-long inquiry. The cross-party House of Lords Numeracy for Life...
September marks the three-year anniversary of the Green Changemakers programme and we have learned so much in that time. On this quiet morning in my...
It has been nine months since the House of Lords Social Mobility Policy Committee, which I chaired, published its report ‘Social mobility: Local roots, lasting...
As budgets tighten and campus capacity shrinks, hybrid models offer a practical way to deliver exams at scale. As higher and further education institutions across...
A study by The Sheffield College found that using Virtual Reality (VR) in assessments had a positive impact on student performance and in retaining information.…
This summer, the 2023 cohort of students on the highly sought after Unlocked Graduates Leadership Development Programme, have completed their initial training at the Summer…
In an open letter sent to the Secretary of State for Education, parents of children and young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND)…
September 2023 marks the beginning of our 20th Anniversary celebrations at FE News! One way we’ll be celebrating is every day throughout September we will be posting short videos…
Bridgend College is thrilled to have been shortlisted in two categories in the upcoming 2023 Inclusive Awards, one of the UK’s most respected diversity award…
“In state-of-the-art facilities, we can build on the work we do already in preparing the health professionals of tomorrow” The University of Sunderland’s £8million project…
A dedicated and innovative former student has recently celebrated success after graduating from university with first-class honours. Tom Hooker, who previously studied Creative Media (Journalism…
In this article the author focuses on the importance of businesses partnering with local colleges. These partnerships can be mutually beneficial. By offering real -world…
The last 2 years has seen a dangerous situation emerge in the UK skills sector. Senior policy makers in government have repeatedly expressed the critical…
This article delves into the considered ‘British Baccalaureate’ A-Level reforms and presents comments from leaders in the Further Education sector, offering insights into their opinions…
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