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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I am convinced that the future of further education rests in creative collaboration and harnessing the spirit of entrepreneurship, for the sector and for its…
The sustainability sector is one of the fastest growing in the UK and, given the government’s commitment to sustainable development, it will undoubtedly be one…
If there is one thing this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week has taught us, it is that there are thousands of budding business moguls out there…
I am delighted to have been asked to write for FE News and I guess over time that I will write occasional pieces from my…
We all knew the cuts were coming. The well-trailed and detailed speculation over the reduction in Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) had ensured that there was…
CfBT Education Trust’s major new review of the current state of adult basic skills provision in the UK and internationally has highlighted what works and…
There are some people whose jobs I don’t really envy – and at the moment Alison Wolf’s task to review vocational education from 14-19 is…
The focus of Colleges Week this year is on helping students make informed decisions about their progression and promoting colleges as a high-quality, affordable route…
I confess that I felt pretty jittery all morning on Wednesday 20 October 2010, and from contact with various colleagues across further education and skills,…
The greatest failure of the 14-19 education system is not so much a failure to value practical education, as a failure to ensure that the…
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