Recently, I visited PET-Xi in Coventry, and I left with a feeling I know all too well: admiration, frustration and a deep sense of déjà...
Practitioners, leaders, researchers and advocates gathered in London to do something the sector urgently needed: not just name the problem, but co-design the route out...
There’s a gulf between where many NEET young people are and where employers need them to be so that they can thrive in a job. The UK must find ways to bridge that gulf -...
Alan Milburn’s Young People and Work interim report should land as a national alarm bell. Nearly one million young people are now not in education,...
UK government and organisations are constantly discussing ongoing skills shortages and apprenticeships and employability, yet one of the biggest untapped resources that often gets overlooked...
The Level 4 AI and Automation Practitioner apprenticeship launched by Skills England has arrived at a difficult moment for the FE sector. The management apprenticeship...
The term NEET has long been used as shorthand for young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training. It is often framed as...
New apprenticeship reforms could play an important role in improving diversity across the UK workforce, particularly as policymakers seek to widen access to skilled careers and address persistent barriers...
This article was written by Laura-Jane Rawlings MBE DL, CEO & Founder of Youth Employment UK. It explores the growing youth unemployment crisis in the...
Alan Milburn’s interim findings from his Independent Review, Young People and Work, published yesterday, warn of a growing generational fault line, with more than one...
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Many – even most – colleges will have made a corporate commitment to a set of core values. Here’s an example from one London FE…
The tech industry explores gender diversity Ada Lovelace Day offered a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women in technology, and it’s never been…
The idea of an apprenticeship route into teaching is back on the table after three years, and should be welcomed during this #backtoschool season. It…
The Party Conference season in England is now over for another year and while #Brexit debate continues to prevail across parties, in the fringes we…
Retention of college tutors is a challenge that has faced the UK further education sector for a long time, not helped by the reduction in…
Is the FE and skills sector really going to be ‘supercharged’ by the current government or a new government after the expected general election? For…
The Social Mobility Impact of #Apprenticeships There is little doubt that the Apprenticeship sector has been through a turbulent period. Many of us leading Apprenticeship…
Over the past few weeks further education colleges have been heavily engaged in converting student applications to enrolments. School leavers and other young learners looking…
In schools the main route to higher qualifications has tended to be university but this provides only a very narrow focus on career paths. A…
The fourth industrial revolution #4IR is already underway and like the industrial revolutions before it, it will instil fundamental change in all aspects of our…
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