The Breaking Barriers report is absolutely right to focus on building more bridges into work for young people and moving the debate away from cliff...
On Tuesday last week, the Prime Minister announced plans to put technical education on an equal footing with academic study. There was more focus on...
In the first three months of 2026, the number of young people in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEETs) passed...
The recent FE News special feature for Youth Employment Week rightly celebrated the employers who are working hard to open doors for young people, showcasing...
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...
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Marketing is a vital, but difficult, process for any sector. While it may be more heavily attributed to sales-based sectors, marketing has become increasingly important…
The government’s announcement that austerity is over will undoubtedly encourage a clamour of voices from all areas of public service asking for more cash in…
There is a well-known proverb, which I am sure you know: “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” The Department…
The UK government’s White Paper released last month finally allowed educators and universities to breathe a sigh of relief: the UK-EU relationship of the future…
Productivity is a very British problem. According to the latest figures from the OECD, us Brits are among the hardest workers in Europe, averaging three…
Why I’m glad TV is teaching my children… Growing up as a young girl on the fringes of Salford and Manchester, there were very few…
The UK debt crisis is increasing every year. One of the biggest issues facing Great Britain, yet still nothing is being done about this at…
In England and the UK, the ICT and computing curriculums have long been falling behind the rest of the world. Despite the major shake-up to…
Last week in Birmingham a new package of Levy reforms were announced…. Was it the end of the Severn bridge ’hard’ funding border? X Was…
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