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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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…
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…
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.…
Chat-GPT is causing a lot of chatter in the education world. Is this the end of assessments as we know it or the beginning of…
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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