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...
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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...
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The question is relevant today. Many people in #FE have had their work disrupted recently. I don’t think I can remember a time when GCSEs…
“Let me begin by saying this,” says @TomBewick, “There is absolutely nothing ‘German-style’ about what the education secretary @GavinWilliamson proposes for the future of #FE,…
What’s going on in the labour market? In normal times I’d argue the Labour Force Survey (LFS) employment rate is the best headline measure for…
I have been working with a number of new end-point assessment organisations, over the past few months, helping to set up their service. An interesting…
As any baker will tell you, baking a cake is a precise science. Accurate measurement of ingredients, temperature and cooking time are essential to producing…
A young person looking to enter the construction industry generally has two routes, personal contacts/word of mouth, or through an apprenticeship. If that young person…
Today, the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has announced measures to improve the quality and increase the take-up of higher technical education (HTE). These include new…
The last few months of a lockdown has enabled us to reflect on our priorities in life, what our purpose in life is and to…
As universities look ahead to the next academic year with ‘blended’ styles of learning in mind, they will also likely be looking for ways to…
With the staggered return of students to schools and colleges in England in recent weeks and a wider return later this year, there is still…
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