100,000 placements is a welcome start. Who helps young people get to day one? In thirty-five years working in careers guidance, I have watched a...
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...
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Most, if not all sectors, continue to be impacted by the growing skills shortage across the UK. In fact, data from the Office for National…
Over the years I have interviewed some of the best leaders, emotional intelligent and successful in various facets of life and business. Many of them…
Teachers are tired, burned out and quitting. According to a survey of teachers done by classroom learning management system Kami, half of all teachers are…
For teenagers approaching their GCSEs and A Levels, the pandemic hit at a particularly challenging time. Not only is this a critical age for academic…
Four years have now passed since Europe’s flagship data regulation, GDPR (the General Data Protection Regulation), was first implemented. While it was initially designed to…
Since the start of the pandemic, educators have had to adapt to new learning methods to engage their students. Overnight, we saw teachers and students…
On the arrival of World Youth Skills Day – recognised in mid-July – data published by UNICEF and the Education Commission highlights the challenge that…
The inflexibility of the apprenticeship system has always been a cause of concern for employers, large and small. One of the core challenges is HM…
Digitalisation is changing the skills people need for work. New digital tools continue to materialise for completing traditional workplace tasks, and technology-led job opportunities are…
Off-the-job training is a vital requirement of any apprenticeship, so why has it proven so problematic that it is now set to be changed? The…
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