Andy Burnham means business. Two weeks into the job, the new Prime Minister has promised to end rough sleeping, fix social care, cap energy bills...
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...
Leading full-service law firm Shakespeare Martineau has welcomed partner Mark Taylor to its Birmingham education team. Mark advises further and higher education institutions on commercial…
New measures have been enshrined in law that will transform the student finance system, allowing colleges and universities to charge different fees for different courses…
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…
To mark National Coding Week (18-24 September 2023), Coleg Gwent has launched a free, virtually delivered ‘Coding Bootcamp’ for unemployed adults across Wales, in partnership…
A brand new bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics and Data Science has been launched at NHH Norwegian School of Economics. The second programme ever to…
In an era of growing economic disparities and the rising cost of living, The Federation for Industry Sector Skills & Standards (FISSS) are thrilled to…
South Eastern Regional College (SERC) recognised the support the College and students receive from local businesses and individuals, with fourteen Business Excellence and Entrepreneur Club…
How well does your college or school culture positively promote the wellbeing of all staff, faculty and students? Is your leadership team aware of the…
As the volume of cyberattacks on the educational sector increases, institutions are coming under more scrutiny from regulatory bodies. More than 17,000 data breaches in…
Schools are reeling in the face of rising child poverty with a large majority of staff (79%) reporting that they and their colleagues are increasingly…
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