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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Achieving parity of esteem with academic qualifications and destinations has long been seen as the holy grail of apprenticeships. Recent data suggests real progress has been…
For countless educators around the country, teaching is far more than just a job. It’s a passion, a calling, and a highly respected purpose. Still,…
I tend to work with some pretty stressed out people. Some of that stress expels itself verbally. They will react without much thought of its…
With thousands of students receiving their results in August, Jessica Blakey, Head of Assessment Innovation at the educational charity and leader in vocational and technical…
Whilst DE&I might now warrant an agenda item in board meetings, disability often remains an uncomfortable and undisclosed subject, despite affecting 14.1 million people in…
As global economy shifts into the fourth industrial revolution, Brett Shanley, the CEO and founder of Knoma “The Knowledge Market”, gives his views on the…
As we face the real prospect of another new Education Minister next month we must wonder where Apprenticeships will sit and under whose watch. We…
Young people go through many transitions in their lives, but one of the most critical ones is leaving school – and, for many, this involves…
Hundreds of thousands of young people nervously await news of their A Level, T Level and level 3 VTQ grades today. It’s an exciting time…
A-Level Results Day is upon us, which means thousands of students nationwide will be nervously waiting to find out their final grades. Then begins the…
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