The government's plans for young people will go further if they are built around the colleges already providing technical pathways, work placements and apprenticeships, argues...
A learner asked me a question this year that every teacher in the sector will recognise, or soon will: if the software is intelligent, why...
I’m writing this just before heading off on a family camping trip to Yorkshire, which means the house is currently a chaotic blend of optimism,...
There are now 11 applicants for every degree apprenticeship place in England, up from 3 just three years ago, according to government data. That competition...
Every year, apprenticeship providers brace themselves for a new set of funding rules. The annual ritual is familiar: download the document, highlight the changes, update...
Using AI to help draft a lesson plan is one thing. Using it to assess whether a prospective learner should study at Level 2 or...
Provider achievement rates receive significant attention from boards, governors and executive teams because they provide a straightforward indication of overall performance. They are often one...
Long-time observers of the UK skills system are prone to wearily observing that it is fragmented, complex and a victim of policy inconsistency over time....
According to the Student Mental Health Study, 37% of first-year university students show moderate-to-severe anxiety or depression. This is nearly double the national rate for...
The biggest challenges facing the further education workforce are no great secret. Pay remains a big concern. Funding pressures limit what colleges can offer, while recruitment difficulties...
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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…
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…
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