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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With just under a year to go until we host WorldSkills London 2011, our future stars of the event are this month battling it out…
The publication of the Browne Review and the need for the UK to find an alternative way to fund higher level skills has highlighted the…
The dust is beginning to settle on the Comprehensive Spending Review but its ramifications will be with us for some years to come. It will…
With details of the spending review now in the public domain, it is clear that the consequences for further education are as challenging as most…
For independent providers, the headline from last week’s Comprehensive Spending Review was that the government is replacing Train to Gain with an expanded adult apprenticeships…
The CSR serves to re-emphasise that, when it comes to government funding, FE colleges fall between a rock and a hard place with funds from…
The government’s spending review has presented some real and serious challenges to FE institutions. However, with every threat comes an opportunity for those willing and…
We are rapidly approaching the end of the phoney budget- cut war and the 20th October – the day of the CSR announcement when the…
Alternative models for running colleges have been under discussion ever since the previous administration raised concerns over traditional mergers. Whilst the debate raged, LSN decided…
Significant cuts to 16-19 participation funding and 16-19 financial support are in the pipeline from 2011/12 because of decisions taken by the Coalition Government in…
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