From the end of 2023, until the beginning of 2025, I was leading a piece of research titled Appreciating and Supporting Neurodiversity for the New...
Further Education colleges are already driving innovation every day, yet their contribution remains largely invisible in national policy. Elaine Baxter explores why recognising, supporting and...
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,...
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The end of the year can be a time when the policy machine starts to wind down. But that certainly hasn’t been the case with…
An indispensable part of Edge’s mission to make education relevant is identifying others who share this goal. Over the years, this search has taken us…
How will evolving connectivity impact the future of work? The first in a 2-part series: The Government’s levelling up plan has the potential to rebalance…
If you’re looking for a form of professional development that enables and empowers teachers and trainers in FE to take control of their practice for…
After the successful FAB conference, where the programme aired two outside broadcasts, the Skills World Live Radio Show returns to its familiar surrounds of the livestream studio. On…
Fast fashion culture has conditioned consumers to believe that every item is disposable and that wearing the same outfit twice is unacceptable. Amplified by social…
The House of Lords Youth Unemployment Committee recently published its 2021-2022 report. To those of us in the sector, its findings sadly came as no…
Our challenge Technology, particularly AI, has made a huge difference to the workplace, and employers increasingly need a workforce comprised of lifelong learners, easily able…
As the world absorbs the latest from COP26, it is clear that STEM skills will continue to play a crucial role in our adaptation. From…
A new wave of workers in their 50s and 60s are looking for a change of pace in their careers, to improve work-life balance, follow…
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