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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It’s not often unions find themselves being praised from the stage at a Conservative Party annual conference, but this week two ministers told the delegates…
FE has an increasing role to play in the direction of HE policy, according to Frank McLoughlin, chair of the 157 Group, which represents 28…
The one question I am asked above all others by journalists is ‘are Apprenticeships growing?’ Whilst the official figures have not yet been published, initial…
We are, in theory at least, moving towards the “Big Society”, with greater freedoms – and correspondingly greater responsibilities – a move that the Learning…
We are, in theory at least, moving towards the “Big Society”, with greater freedoms – and correspondingly greater responsibilities – a move that the Learning…
If the answer is yes, then why not encourage them to enter the UK’s greatest skills competition? This week UK Skills began inviting colleges up…
When the likes of Sir Terry Leahy of Tesco and Sir Stuart Rose of M&S speak about the quality of people entering employment, we should…
We live in difficult times. With the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review pending on 20 October we are all expecting a particularly rough ride…
It’s a fair observation on life that recognising a serious challenge is often the biggest step to overcoming it. Likewise, acknowledging that there are many…
On forming a Government in May this year, one of our first decisions was to take £200 million out of the Train to Gain scheme…
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