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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By the *Black Further Education Leadership Group (BFELG): #AntiRacismInAction: Leadership and the Leader’s Voice with Larissa Kennedy, National President, NUS UK; Nazir Afzal OBE Chair,…
We spend £2.5Bn a year on pupil premium with negligible impact on social mobility: The attainment gap is no longer closing; the careers opportunity gap…
Almost a decade on from England’s increase in tuition fees, and in the midst of a Covid-19 pandemic that has fundamentally changed the university experience,…
The case for continuous learning has never been more apparent – employers take note The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly accelerated the adoption of digital transformation across…
The UK is facing an ongoing shortage of skilled talent in the tech sector. Expanding educational opportunities in tech is one crucial way to address…
The past 18 months has been undeniably difficult for businesses and customers alike as they’ve had to adjust to rapidly changing circumstances and increased uncertainty.…
We’ve just welcomed our latest intake of apprentices and graduates at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), and I’m thrilled that this year we were able to…
How to make sure student grading is fair during a pandemic The fairest way for students to show what they know and can do is…
By Esam Baboukhan THE Digital Divide between teachers has been blown open in the last 18 months despite more of us using technology than ever…
One of the underlying questions in Ufi’s work on the VocTech Challenge work over 2021 has been “how can digital technology help ensure equity of…
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