ICAEW's research into mid-tier accountancy firms found that, while firms expect AI to reduce demand for some early-career tasks, most do not anticipate an overall...
Party conference season is one of the few points in the political calendar when politicians, policymakers, employers, think tanks and organisations from across the public...
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....
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As one leading thinker on all things skills said to me last month, ‘This is the end of the world as we know it.’ An…
The government’s productivity plan, published in July, set out a vision to extend the scope of localism in the further education sector. Following pilots in…
Last year a quarter of a million students passed GCSE maths, and then dropped the subject completely. With recent YouGov polling indicating that over 80%…
FE is about to undergo change, an uncomfortable change that colleges are urged to participate in. The FE East Coast Swing is about to rock’n’roll…
Government departments are currently undertaking a Spending Review looking for savings and reshaping of services which would help the Treasury to save £20 billion. On…
The new FE Prevent duty guidance document become statutory on 21st September so the Duty is now law. All FE providers, college, private or adult…
You may not have picked this up in the papers last week, but something came out that the media isn’t generally interested in – good…
The FE sector is currently facing huge challenges. Savage cuts to the Adult Skills Budget and a major review of post-16 education and training which…
The past three decades of policy have brought flexibility and inclusion to vocational education and training, aimed at benefiting pre-apprenticeship students, the unemployed and adult…
Last September I thought the FE environment was becoming somewhat complicated whereas actually it was a time of calm relative to the new agenda we…
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