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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With a new report showing the skills gap growing, James Lane, Sector Manager for Digital, Creative and Design at the educational charity NCFE, marks the…
It was really good to be back in Manchester last week for our annual AELP Autumn Conference – and it was almost certainly our most…
Technology has transformed our society in many ways and one of the most predominant is by enabling instant access to information and services, no matter…
Pretty much everything to do with morale, wellbeing and performance in FE organisations can be attributed to trust, so why don’t we talk about it…
Green skills for the future Thank goodness we have reached a point where green skills are valued. Across industries, impetus is growing to ensure the…
The Covid-19 pandemic and the public health restrictions that followed have undoubtably disrupted young people’s education. It was not until recently that we began to…
38% of parents agree school communications need to be managed As industries continue to digitise, so do education facilities, with the aim to transform their…
Few sectors of the economy are riding high right now, and Education is no exception. Budgets are tight, teacher recruitment and retention is challenging, and pupil…
I’m delighted to be involved in the St Martin’s Group of Apprenticeship Employers, Learning Providers and EPAOs, who have recently commissioned a report into “Apprenticeship…
Borne out of crisis and mobilised at breakneck speed, the JETS employability programme broke many barriers: for its participants, and the organisations delivering it. Its…
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