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 2015-16 academic year began with emphasis from the new Principal that maths and English outcomes had to improve. As part of a management restructure,…
1.75 billion people is a huge number, about 23% of the world’s population. That’s the number of people who can speak English to a ‘useful…
FE claims to be underfunded. I understand why providers complain of underfunding. What I don’t understand is why some of them then spend so much…
The answer to this question is …………………………………………… almost always! Colleges are required to develop a Recovery Plan when they experience financial problems, of that there…
In the previous article I wrote for FE News on End point assessment: Why the IfA needs to get a grip I signed off with…
It’s a simple fact of life that we can often behave in ways that might not serve our best interest – whether it’s procrastinating instead…
For the last three years, Chris Heron has been researching education and learning models, including vocational education, around the world to build a new learning…
While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies made the headlines last year, we are finally starting to see the real technological disruptor come into the spotlight –…
Teaching students the art of failure can be a tricky task.As adults, we are able to appreciate that when it comes to learning and improving,…
It’s undeniable that women are significantly underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) industries. In fact, women only make up 24% of the STEM…
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