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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Taking place on 22 April each year, Earth Day shows support for environmental protection and helps to raise awareness of sustainable practices and solutions. Celebrated…
The SEND and Alternative Provision Green Paper was published at the end of March, promising to make the SEND system more inclusive and more financially…
“We live in a world where there is more & more information, & less and less meaning.” Jean Baudrillard But we are not just living…
University Mental Health Day provided a chance to reflect on a turbulent few years for higher education students. Whilst workplace changes such as furloughs and…
Digital poverty, defined as the inability to interact with the online world fully, when, where, and how an individual needs to, affects over 9 million…
News of changes to the student loans system in the UK from 2023 comes at just the time when Year 12 students are beginning to…
Last year, record levels of young people were accepted into university, surpassing previous figures. With the number of students rising, and over 150 higher education…
Trust in government is at an all-time low, with a recent survey from Edelman UK finding that almost half of adults (48%) view the government…
It’s been just over two weeks since the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, so now is a good opportunity to reflect on what this means for apprenticeships.…
The UK government recently revamped their Government Science & Engineering (GSE) Strategy (July 2021), this aspires to ensure that every aspect of government is supported…
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