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...
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...
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Geoff Russell, Chief Executive of the Skills Funding Agency, is sure that skills are the passport to securing and keeping a job and explains why…
Although I am broadly in favour of the outcomes of the Wolf Report and welcome the government’s clear-cut commitment to the development and promotion of…
I am sitting at my desk at Weston College, looking out at the expanse of sand and mud that makes up the immediate view, and…
The Chancellor described Wednesday’s Budget as showing the Coalition’s emphasis on reforming the economy to create enduring growth for the future. We welcome the government’s…
It always seems polite for any organisation’s response to the latest Government policy proposal or the newest worthy report to be peppered with the words…
The centenary of International Women’s Day on Tuesday 8 March gave teachers and learners an opportunity to remember all those women who fought, and often…
“I want to put further education on a sound footing for the future and link it better into the economy” – Vince Cable MP, Secretary of…
High unemployment is the tragic human face of the economic crisis we continue to endure in the UK. Nearly a million adults under 25 were…
So you think your organisation is “innovative”? Is it really, or are “innovation” and “innovative” a couple of those terms that routinely get bandied around,…
The sector has responded to Professor Alison Wolf’s independent review on the role of Vocational Education for 14-19 year olds. There have been sensational headlines…
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