To continue the camping theme from part one in this series, even if you think you have all the equipment and have predicted all the...
ICAEW's research into mid-tier accountancy firms found that, while firms expect AI to reduce demand for some early-career tasks, most do not anticipate an overall...
Party conference season is one of the few points in the political calendar when politicians, policymakers, employers, think tanks and organisations from across the public...
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A learner asked me a question this year that every teacher in the sector will recognise, or soon will: if the software is intelligent, why...
I’m writing this just before heading off on a family camping trip to Yorkshire, which means the house is currently a chaotic blend of optimism,...
There are now 11 applicants for every degree apprenticeship place in England, up from 3 just three years ago, according to government data. That competition...
Every year, apprenticeship providers brace themselves for a new set of funding rules. The annual ritual is familiar: download the document, highlight the changes, update...
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Counting the cost Many organisations across the UK have long identified growing skills gaps (I prefer to refer to this as a ‘skills shortage’, but…
On 6th September, the Education Select Committee – chaired by Robert Halfon MP – held the first of a number of sessions exploring careers education…
The first two articles in my trilogy reviewing the Department for Education’s (DfE) Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy looked at the strategy’s highlights and its omissions. In…
On the face of it, funding and accountability might not seem like the most exciting issues facing the FE sector at the moment. But we…
There are over 100,000 young entrepreneurs hidden in the corridors of your campuses. On average their earnings are outstripping those of teens who work part-time…
The G20 context, 2022 The G20 is hosted in Indonesia this year. It has not been an easy year for travel, and the Indonesian presidency…
University class and lecture attendance has fallen dramatically post-lockdown, and even those attending seem less engaged. As a result, many universities are concerned not only…
In the first article of this three-part series, I explored the strengths of the new Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy, published by the Department for…
Earlier this month, the CEOs of hundreds of top US tech companies, including Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft, as well as universities and non-profits…
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