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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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…
This time last year, the world was looking to Glasgow as the UK presidency of COP26 wrapped up. Arguably COP26 saw more recognition of the…
Carly Foster, Head of Student Success at Arden University, discusses the options universities should be exploring to support students during the cost-of-living crisis. With the…
Identifying the skills gap In the UK, there are currently over 35,000 data scientist jobs being advertised on Linkedin, yet the government estimates that only 10,000 new…
What is good governance and why does it matter? While governance is increasingly coming under the spotlight within the further education landscape, there are no…
A long list of competing priorities for apprenticeships cannot all be sustainably accommodated by the levy. If the forecasts of a prolonged economic recession come…
The pandemic disrupted almost every aspect of our lives. But whilst many sectors have returned to business as usual, those in full-time education are still…
We know there are barriers to young people taking up technical and vocational pathways. Having spent the last few years working with governments around the…
After a couple of months, the Government will likely want to forget, the time that anyone of Asian heritage in the UK has waited for…
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