Lord Agnew, Chair of the House of Lords special inquiry Numeracy for Life Committee provides an update on the Committee’s year-long inquiry. The cross-party House of Lords Numeracy for Life...
September marks the three-year anniversary of the Green Changemakers programme and we have learned so much in that time. On this quiet morning in my...
It has been nine months since the House of Lords Social Mobility Policy Committee, which I chaired, published its report ‘Social mobility: Local roots, lasting...
As budgets tighten and campus capacity shrinks, hybrid models offer a practical way to deliver exams at scale. As higher and further education institutions across...
After my ADHD diagnosis, the research, and that conversation with a former employer, I noted in my last article that I'd launched something that I...
At the start of his second week as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham has announced what amounts to a revolution in education policy. We have heard...
Kerry Boffey of FIN identifies changes in the Ofsted operating guide and toolkit which require provider attention before September. Providers preparing for inspection should pay...
Today's announcement from the Prime Minister is significant structural reform. Technical education pathways from age 14, combining core academic subjects with employer contact and workplace...
By mid-July, most Further Education leadership teams have shifted their attention to enrolment, exam boards and the slow scramble to close out the academic year....
This year’s World Youth Skills Day theme, 'Skills for a shared future', is timely. Young people are entering a labour market being reshaped by artificial intelligence, automation and changing employer expectations. Yet too often we describe...
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Business managers and executives have chosen an MBA to learn new management skills and advance their careers for over a century now. However, balancing an…
When I was ten years old my teacher Mrs Castle made me write the word ‘beautiful’ two hundred times because I had spelt it –…
5 Measures of Success for Radical #Vocational Reform NOCN, one of the UK’s largest awarding and assessment organisations, has partnered with global skills development leader,…
If you’ve seen the television advertisements exhorting us to Fire It Up, you would imagine UK plc is thriving with young apprentices, leaping out of…
How to support students in #FE and #HE The transition from living at home to living at university can be a testing time for many…
Finding the right people with the right skills for the digital age can be a challenge. Some organisations are investing in developing the skills of…
We all know that when we are learning a new skill, we may make mistakes. It is part of the learning process and contrary to…
The 1980s are back; shoulder pads, headbands, ruffle-neck blouses. It’s a well-rehearsed aphorism that fashions repeatedly ‘come round again’, and so if often feels with…
Having worked in end-point assessment since its inception back in 2014/15, I have seen my fair share of challenges, and worked through a fair number…
This week saw publication of a Learning and Work Institute Report on the over-spend of the Apprenticeship Levy Pot. One high profile recommendation proposed forcing…
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