The publication of Common findings from funding assurance work on post-16 education providers: 2024 to 2025 assurance year provides a useful snapshot of the compliance...
My work has largely centred on helping adults develop the digital skills they need to move towards further learning and employment. Alongside my professional practice...
To continue the camping theme from part one in this series, even if you think you have all the equipment and have predicted all the...
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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...
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Ten academic years ago, I wrote for FE News about challenging stereotypes, inspired by the late MP Jo Cox. As another academic year begins, I…
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The financial pressures facing UK higher education have reached a point where we need to ask a more fundamental question: is the problem simply that universities…
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The hiring and recruitment space is experiencing more change than ever before. Just under a million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are now out…
Last week brought a welcome signal that the government is ready to rethink GCSE maths resits. Education Secretary Lucy Powell acknowledged that failing to get…
In a few short weeks, tens of thousands of young people fresh from receiving their A-level and BTEC results will head off to university to…
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