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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Just as the suitcases have been put away after the summer break, they’re back out again to be packed for the autumn conference season, as…
In recent years, the definition of a learner studying at a Further Education College has grown to encompass a broad range of people of varying…
Getting your A-Level results is one of those days you’ll remember for the rest of your life. I remember mine well. I was volunteering for…
The consultation paper on ‘Skills for Sustainable Growth’ asks some thirty questions to which the government (or more precisely BIS) would like a response. Unfortunately…
The eyes of the educational and skills training world along with the leaders of industry will be firmly fixed on ExCeL London between 5-8 October…
From my conversations with teachers of A levels before and after this year’s impressive results, it is clear that oceans of professional dedication goes into…
In recent discussions with several very experienced and successful teachers and trainers, I was surprised to learn how many remembered succumbing to anguish and tears…
It’s the silly season again when half the country is on holiday and the other half are largely twiddling their thumbs waiting for them to…
As GCSE results are published there will be many 16 year olds – and their parents – wondering whether they have made the right decision…
The recent publication of the Modernising education and training – mobilising technology for learning report adds to the already significant body of evidence about the…
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