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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Overlapping summits In the last few weeks, world leaders, and more importantly, their teams, have had overlapping opportunities to confer at a global level –…
The UK is currently experiencing one of the tightest labour markets ever with the unemployment rate sitting at 3,6% in the three months to September…
Unlocking the UK’s potential with digital skills Across the world, public sector organisations are investing in digital transformation and strategies to help future-proof services, solutions,…
The Skills White Paper, significant subsequent commentary from within Government and particularly the welcome statements in support of skills education from the new Secretary of…
Conference season is well underway, and the annual CBI event returned in person last week, with a new PM, a confident Leader of the Opposition,…
Ten years on from a major government review into the quality of apprenticeships (‘the Richard Review’), there are worrying signs that too many apprentices are…
On 10 November, the inaugural Surrey Skills Summit took place at Sandown Park Racecourse. The packed event saw local business leaders, employers, colleges, universities, skills…
Many successful cyberattacks are the result of human error, such as an employee falling for a phishing email or clicking on a dangerous link. These…
In my last article, I wrote about how much energy it takes to change systems, and how FE needs systems change if we’re to have…
Sir Michael Barber is an educationalist whose own academic background and career reflects those of other recent ‘skills advisers’ to occupy the space: Baroness Wolf,…
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