When Performance and Neurodivergence Collide: A Framework for FE Managers
Picture this. A member of your teaching staff is three weeks into a formal performance improvement process. Observations have been graded as requiring improvement. You...
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On 2 December 2025, Ministers Shane Reti and Penny Simmonds released New Zealand’s new Tertiary Education Strategy for 2025-2030. In this fourth article in my…
Apprenticeship Governing Boards: What does 2026 hold? I’ve spent many years sitting on or advising the boards and committees of independent training providers, employer providers…
I’m incredibly proud to share that I’ve now completed my Level 7 Senior Leadership apprenticeship at The University of Manchester: Alliance Manchester Business School – graduating with a…
The Education and Training Foundation’s recent Achieving Social Value in Further Education and Skills report puts into words something many of us working in apprenticeships…
New research reveals that employers in England face substantially higher costs of training apprentices compared with their counterparts in Germany and Austria. If the employer costs are so high, will this stand…
What a whirlwind 2025 has been for anyone working in skills policy. In addition to the significant changes to apprenticeships, we’ve seen a renewed focus…
In my first two articles of this series, I explored the history of New Zealand’s vocational education system and the announcement of the 2026 reforms.…
AI literacy is often framed as a specialist skill: something required only in particular sectors, or by those who actively use artificial intelligence as part…
The Budget’s child-poverty reforms are vital, but closing education’s digital gap is now essential to ensure fair access, participation and assessment for all. Scrapping the…
Colleges are now operating in an environment where the traditional markers of credibility have weakened to the point of near collapse. Information that once arrived…
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