Young people not in education, employment or training have often missed out on opportunities to develop essential employment skills. The Nuffield Foundation has launched a...
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...
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Through 2021, the impact of Covid-19 has continued to send ripples in affecting the way we work. Organisations have not only been tackling the return…
Matt Hancock’s proposal to introduce screening for dyslexia to all students at primary school level is a positive, if somewhat late, move in the right…
Check out our Christmas special of the programme (!) When Tom Bewick shared the presenter mic for the first time with the UK’s employment minister, Mims Davies MP. Before entering Parliament,…
Is there a danger that our engagement with digital provision is driven too much by our newfound proficiency with it? asks Dr John Miles, Founder…
A considerable number of people are still arriving in adulthood without any diagnosis or understanding of their neurodivergent traits (ASC, DCD, dyslexia, dysgraphia or other…
Wow – it’s nearly Christmas! Where on earth did 2021 go? Time marches on – even in global pandemics. Life evolves and changes all the time and sometimes those…
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…
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