Last week, I joined representatives from Parliament, employers, business organisations, awarding bodies and the wider skills sector at the New Statesman Politics Live event to...
The most important word in apprenticeships is not achievement. That is not about diminishing the importance of completion or success. Achievement matters. It signals that...
In the second part of our special feature for FE News to mark Youth Employment Week, Alison Morris, Director of Policy at Skills Federation brings...
There is growing evidence that sustainability is moving from a specialist function into mainstream business operations Employers are increasingly seeking professionals who combine technical business...
This is Part Two of three on children, social media and the ban. The government is introducing legislation to bar children from the platforms. It...
When Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham walks into Number 10- be that Downing Street or the ‘Number 10 of the north’ in Manchester- what should his...
The idea that a career in research is becoming obsolete is easy to understand. It is also wrong, but not for the reasons you might expect. Behind the debate about research careers lies a more...
It’s Youth Employment Week, and in a special feature for FE News, Alison Morris, Director of Policy at Skills Federation brings together members Adrian Wookey,...
Aspiring marketers are set to enter the industry at a challenging, but exciting time. Competition for jobs may only become greater, with the recent Milburn...
Picture this. A member of your teaching staff is three weeks into a formal performance improvement process. Observations have been graded as requiring improvement. You...
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The “most important Employability Day ever” on 17 June 2022 is a crucial opportunity for the employment support sector to flex its muscles. Getting back…
Last month, I wrote about SEND and accountability. This month, I want to share three areas, I believe the SEND Review Green paper consultation misses…
Tip: It has nothing to do with free fruit and a ping pong table! I guess this topic is a great segue from my article…
As UK skills policy takes centre stage, what lessons can we learn from jurisdictions around the globe? Following successful virtual study visits to explore VET…
The UK government has highlighted Artificial Intelligence as one of the four ‘Grand Challenges’ which will transform our future. However, what this transformation will look…
With the onset of the “Great Re-evaluation” – a period in which the global workforce has been reassessing their career stance and greater purpose of…
Colleagues across the further education sector are well-used to working in an acutely stressed and stressful operating environment, with existential risks all around. When one…
Learning… What has the past couple of years shown or taught us about the direction of learning and our relationship with it? Have we changed…
T7 is the academic branch of the G7. I came returned from the Berlin meeting (23-24 May) with a new word, Zeitenwende. This describes a…
The classroom of today looks very different to how it was two decades ago. The adoption of new technologies has led schools, colleges, universities and…
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