One of the strangest things about the current AI conversation is how quickly people jump from “this tool improves efficiency” to “human judgement is now...
Further education colleges across the UK continue to demonstrate resilience and ingenuity in the face of sustained financial pressure. While funding remains constrained and costs...
The SEND Transition Collective, convened by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) in partnership with FE News, brought together senior practitioners, policy advisors, and FE...
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As devolution reshapes England’s skills system and the second iteration of LSIPs comes into focus, attention is rightly turning to how regional ambition becomes delivery. Suzanne Slater, Commercial...
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In further education policy, “closing skills gaps” is often framed as a technical challenge with straightforward solutions: expand provision, add courses, increase qualification levels. It’s...
She did everything right. When she received her ADHD diagnosis in her early forties, she told her employer, followed the correct processes, and waited for...
The government has long stated its intention to reduce the number of young people who are not currently in education, employment or training (NEET). But...
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The UK economy is undergoing a profound period of disruption. The COVID-19 pandemic has created the conditions for rapidly rising unemployment and declining GDP. Even…
The conversation about the future of colleges is alive and kicking in the UK, and with the world changing at pace, it comes as no…
Following the publication of the annual Ofsted report on 1 December 2020, James O’Dowd, Founder of the Patrick Morgan Foundation (@pmfoundationuk), discusses how the pandemic…
In today’s digital world, businesses can identify the precise needs of their customers and curate products accordingly. Take the example of e-commerce websites: based on…
Today we have seen the inaugural External Quality Assurance Report issued by The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) as we reach the first…
Working in the further education and skills sector, it is difficult to keep up sometimes. Learning providers such as @SkillsNetworkUK (TSN) are operating in a heavily regulated…
This past year has been a rollercoaster to say the least for students across the UK. From multiple reports of increased hate crime, particularly amongst…
What did last month’s Spending Review tell us about the future of skills devolution in England? It confirmed that, under a UK Government with strong…
Having worked in the hospitality sector for over 30 years, developing new talent and educational opportunities for the industry is something that I am very…
#FutureOfEducation – The pandemic has hit many sectors hard, but really, we are only just at the beginning of this crisis and there is much…
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