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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We are fast approaching a momentous week in the FE calendar. During Apprenticeship Week (February 7th – 11th) over 450 events will take place across…
Joining a fledgling organisation can be a leap of faith. Setting up an organisation with high government expectations – and a key role to play…
Although sous vide cooking was first introduced in France in the 1970s, the technique was not in mainstream use 20 years ago when Paul Leary…
When Hayley Phippen says that she hopes that the lighting in the main Olympic stadium works, that is because the 23 year old helped to…
Geoff Russell, chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency, explains why he will be backing skills all the way. This week I learned of…
Now that we’re well into January the time for New Year’s Resolutions has passed. The January challenge is to review the ways in which you…
This Wednesday, MPs will debate and vote on an Opposition Motion which calls for an urgent rethink on the Government’s plans to abolish the Education…
The Young People’s Learning Agency (YPLA) recently released their funding statement and statutory guidance arrangements for funding the education and training of 16 to 19…
As the FE sector braces itself for challenging times ahead, it has been right to focus in the first instance on the critical funding that…
It is customary for people in my kind of role (see below) to provide start-of-year predictions or lists of challenges relating to a particular field,…
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