Term has started, and colleges are still settling timetables and filling gaps in delivery. It's a good moment to look at who's teaching under subcontracted...
Adult learners are already investing in new careers; policy should turn that commitment into a connected journey from entry-level competence to higher technical progression. The...
The funded management ladder has gone. Team Leader at Level 3, Operations Manager at Level 5, Chartered Manager at Level 6, Coaching Professional, Improvement Practitioner,...
While the headlines this year have gone to pathways and funding, the deepest apprenticeship reform is happening in a corner of the system most commentary...
Ten academic years ago, I wrote for FE News about challenging stereotypes, inspired by the late MP Jo Cox. As another academic year begins, I...
Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). That’s a grim milestone that’s only marginally dropped in the latest quarter according to the ONS....
“Employers are far more likely to engage when they believe the organisation contacting them understands the commercial environment in which they operate.” We cannot solve...
The financial pressures facing UK higher education have reached a point where we need to ask a more fundamental question: is the problem simply that universities...
Higher and degree apprenticeships should be one of the most powerful drivers of social mobility. They offer the chance to earn while learning, gain real...
The hiring and recruitment space is experiencing more change than ever before. Just under a million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are now out...
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As Apprenticeships and Skills Minister, one of my biggest challenges – and personal passions in life – is thinking about how we can change the…
With International Women’s Day on the horizon, it is important to once again bring the issue of the gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and…
Colin Salmon discusses the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the demand for practical skills and hands-on experience. As the Head of Faculty for Technology…
On 31 January 2023 the CIPD published a blog considering ‘the pros and cons’ of management apprenticeships and their effectiveness “in addressing England’s skills and…
Creativity is cited as the last frontier of human superiority, but recent changes in AI have made some worry that we’ve now been surpassed. But…
Last week AELP hosted their second ever Green Skills Summit in Birmingham, bringing together people to discuss how the skills sector can meet the net…
Today, it is not a question of “if” but “when” we fall victim to cyber criminals, and the same is true for schools as over…
With more than 500 members signed up, working with over 80,000 families across the UK, the National Centre for Family Learning has already shown its…
In this article, Dr Lucy Atkinson outlines how the foundation year opens doors to the disadvantaged. Foundation years are subject to frequent debate. But during…
As the adoption of tools like ChatGPT and Bard gather pace, this article examines how they are shaping the way that student’s in further education…
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