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...
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Context is King when it comes to Maths. The UK government’s recent focus on Mathematics education in schools is a step in the right direction…
Karl Anderson explains why the new employer-led approvals system for level 3 technical qualifications is needed and how it will work. All the key reviews…
In this article, on the tenth anniversary of the launch of apprenticeship standards, Chris Cherry reflects on the original plans for new standards, how the…
In this article Lee Reddington, discusses recent comments made by the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the subject of mandatory Mathematics for anyone studying…
High rates of inflation are causing difficulties right across the economy, and for government that means having to make extremely tough choices over spending commitments.…
STEM represents a path on how we can harness the talent of the next generation of learners to become the future leaders capable of joining…
With the DfE announcing the latest reforms to level 3 qualifications, Catherine Sezen asks whether these plans are what is needed to meet the needs…
Welcome to the future. AI can now write your lesson plans, create your lesson content, give feedback and be a second teacher to your students.…
Shadow Skills Minister Toby Perkins highlights government inaction over the decision of the ONS to reclassify colleges as public bodies which has led to capital…
Tina Woods explores the workplace health & wellbeing trends set to dominate the agenda in 2023. With the New Year comes new opportunities and new…
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