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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In my last piece ‘How must FE change to be a successful tool to solve the Skills Gap Problem in the UK?’ I mentioned that there was…
It has been a year since the Apprenticeship Levy was launched on 6th April 2017. This time last year I was expecting a hugely successful…
“Don’t call students consumers” Nicola Dandridge CBE, Chief Executive of the new Office for Students, was reported as saying at the launch of its new…
Mrs Roberts had the measure of me from the start. ‘Christopher is a bright button but somehow always towards the bottom of the tin.’ Always…
Epping Forest College is located in West Essex, but only 20 minutes from the centre of London. 90% of our local business are tiny – less…
To win a place at private school, 11-year-olds have to prepare for and sit a number of entrance exams and then smile through lots of…
The UK’s well known struggling productivity level is an issue that dominates discussions amongst the government, further education, and public sector organisations. With no clear…
Recently the Government has published its Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper. The remit is broad but the Green Paper will be of great interest to…
In just the last few months, we’ve had the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) suggesting it would need to significantly lower its estimate for the…
Anyone working in education and careers will know that we just celebrated National Apprenticeship Week 2018, five days of information and inspiration hoping to encourage…
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