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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....
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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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Helen Tupper, Co-founder & CEO of Amazing If and author of ‘The Squiggly Career’, explores the benefits of a portfolio career and how teaching in…
Following a tumultuous few weeks in British politics, many questions remain to be answered, none more so than is this the end of levelling up?…
Over the past decade, successive governments have promised ‘pioneering’ reforms to boost skills and jobs. In particular, following the Sainsbury Review and Post-16 Skills Plan in 2016,…
The formal conclusion of the ETF’s Further Forces and SET for Teaching Success programmes in July was a significant landmark for all those who have…
World Youth Skills Day, recently celebrated on the 15th of July, shone a light on the next generation of digitally proficient people, who hold the…
As a national training provider which runs mental health training courses for employers alongside our core offer of training young apprentices, you might think that…
Whether it is trust in government, institutions, the media or in each other, there can be no doubt that the UK and other Western democracies…
With rising global temperatures, the demand for green skills is also expected to rise. A positive step towards achieving net zero is to ensure that…
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