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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The prevalence of mental health issues amongst young people is a significant and ongoing issue. 75 per cent of mental illnesses begin before a child…
There was a time when classrooms were dominated by the ‘3 Rs’, reading, writing and ‘rithmatic. Now, the focus is on Mandarin. And it’s not…
The reality of delivering the new Personal Trainer Qualification in 2018 At the end of 2016 the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and…
The Further Education Trust for Leadership (FETL) selected Birmingham to host their spring symposium – Thinking about Place. Host for the Commonwealth Games in 2022,…
In preparing young people for the workplace the education system is well proven in its ability to convey technical skills and capabilities. However, perhaps there…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of transformation, it was the age of employability, it…
As education professionals, you will soon be confronted by a rapidly approaching skills gap. According to the EU Commission, there could be a shortfall of…
Collab recently published an article on the “key drivers for colleges to think and act more like a commercial business”. It mentioned funding reduction, competition…
A topic heavily discussed across European media is the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation, otherwise known as GDPR — and this will undoubtedly…
The University of the West of England (UWE) has an extensive portfolio of “collaborative provision” through which we work with a range of partners to…
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