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Dean Blewitt, Senior Innovation and Investments Manager at the awarding organisations NCFE, explains why assessment must continue to keep pace with sector reforms if learners are to achieve the outcomes...
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Nothing emphasises the shortage of technical skills in the UK workforce as much as the fact that the UK economy is losing £6.3 billion in…
Claire Shea-Simonds, Further Education UK Development Manager shares her thoughts on The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award recent skills summit ‘Youth Without Limits Live: Beyond the…
Despite the uncertain economic outlook and a recent decline in job postings, the total number of job vacancies currently in the UK labour market – 1.2…
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent implications has seen the education sector face some of the biggest changes and challenges out of all sectors. Schools are…
In the weeks before Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivered his much-awaited Autumn Statement, we knew, at least in broad strokes, what was coming.…
When Joss Kang and I started FE Constellations back in the summer, it was with a powerful desire to help FE’s changemakers move from good…
Long before Covid-19 forced institutions to teach over the computer screen, recorded lectures and online assessment methods were already fixtures of many courses. International students…
Heading into the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, I, like many others, felt cynical about what was to come. This cynicism was occasionally interrupted by a glimmer…
Young LGBTQ+ people are more than twice as likely to experience hate speech online compared with those who identify as heterosexual, according to research by Nominet.…
The UK Government’s commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 will bring a major shift in the labour market – with changes to existing…
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