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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Educational inequalities are one of the most egregious ways in which wider regional disparities manifest in the UK. Where a child is born and raised…
The crisis exists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born. Antonio Gramsci Whenever I encounter Gramsci’s definition…
The new prime minister has a chance to move beyond ‘Statism’ and ‘Cakeism’ and restructure post-16 education and skills around a new FE ownership model,…
The first ever Global Careers Month kicks off in November, and it’s addressing an issue central to the relationship between education and the world of…
Education systems do not operate in a vacuum. Global challenges – which existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic – but were compounded by it, impact…
In September 2022 I had the honour of moderating the final panel of the APAC TVET Forum 2022, a panel all about micro-credentials. The panel…
Is your campus truly inclusive? 44% of your young people may disagree as they face weekly discrimination from your staff and other students. When asking…
Being & Appearing “What the great educator does is make it possible for students to become themselves.” Paulo Freire. And what the great leader does…
When students with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) leave school they often face a daunting choice. Should they continue their studies at their local…
A summer of discontent, with rail strikes and the cost-of-living crisis laying bare the pressure on public sector employees, Autumn is set to be as…
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