Ensuring that the further education (FE) sector has a high-quality teaching workforce is critical to the government’s ambitions for the sector and its wider industrial...
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...
The reform of technical education in England has reached a pivotal moment. With T Levels now established across the post-16 landscape, attention is turning to...
There’s a belief that AI will somehow fix educational marketing. That by automating outreach, refining targeting and increasing output, institutions will naturally see better engagement...
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...
When one in seven young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (NEET) by the age of 23, this is not just a concerning statistic –...
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...
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The long-awaited tender for 19-24-year-old traineeship funding is finally here, yet with an extremely tight deadline for providers to think through their offer and submit…
Faced with a #ClimateEmergency and the requirement to achieve #NetZero carbon emissions, the University sector is expected to provide leadership in sustainability and decarbonisation. This…
Even though students returned to school, college and university a few weeks ago, there is no guarantee how long they will be learning in classrooms…
The Government’s Approach to Adult Skills There is much to welcome in the Prime Minister’s announcements on Adult Skills. England needs better technical education and…
A call to action to all FE Chairs…. Further Education leadership, governance and management does not adequately represent the make-up of some of the communities it…
The theme of this year’s #WorldMentalHealthDay (10 Oct) is ‘Mental Health for All.’ While such an aspiration is admirable, one has to question if it…
Ahead of #WorldMentalHealthDay tomorrow (10 Oct), @ProfAmandaKirby looks at how to move away from categorisation or over-simplistic labeling, to provide a person-centered approach for each learner: The…
#TechForGood – How digital services can help build sustainable communities FE leaders have a critical role both in their own organisations and as part of…
#SkillsWorldLive Exclusive: @BorisJohnson’s speech at @ExeterCollege on 29th Sept set out the Prime Minister’s plans for a #LifetimeSkillsGuarantee to transform the training and skills system…
£120 million to secure the next wave of Institutes of Technologies In an exclusive interview today (8 Oct) with FE News, @BorisJohnson was able to…
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