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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Work trends have rapidly changed across the world, post-pandemic. How and where people choose to work now or in the future is and will be…
On 29 November 2022, the Office for National Statistics announced that it had reclassified further education and sixth form college corporations, and their subsidiaries, into…
What are soft skills? In both our career and personal lives, progression relies on the development of soft skills: those human attributes that empower communication…
A new report by education think tank EDSK titled ‘No Train, No Gain’, found that nearly half of apprentices (47%) do not complete their apprenticeship…
Sarah Fearnley, Subject Specialist in Media, Broadcast and Production at NCFE, explains how work placements could be fundamental to the continued success of the UK’s…
In her brilliant book, ‘The Lightmakers’ Manifesto’, social activist Karen Walrond talks about listening out for the “whispers”. The premise of the book is how…
‘Inspiring learners, changing lives and making a difference’ – is the key motivation for why you work in the Further Education (FE) and Training sector.…
As the UK officially passes into recession and we prepare ourselves for a Christmas that looks likely to be characterised by soaring energy bills and…
There is no doubting the drive towards digital transformation, and the impact it brings, is accelerating. We can see it with the rise of fintech…
What’s in a name? ‘Apprentice’ conjures up an image of a young worker, learning on the job. But take away the name and what we…
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