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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Colleges up and down the country have been busy staging events and activities to showcase the importance of apprenticeships and their contribution to business, industry…
This month’s Apprenticeship Week (February 1-5) is celebrating the highest ever level of people starting the job-based qualifications and the highest ever completion rates of…
Someone once told me that if ever I wanted to give something up, I should always do it in February, because it is the shortest…
The introduction of an assessment-only route to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) has been welcomed by the Institute for Learning (IfL). The move will enable FE…
Another phrase has entered the landscape of the further education system. Coined in Lord Mandelson’s Skills Strategy, earned autonomy proposes the prize of greater flexibility…
It’s a New Year and there’s a fresh ‘60’s rock icons’ calendar on the wall. And hanging from the fridge magnet, that annual production, the…
Over the past decade we have not only become a digitally enabled society, but a digitally dependent one. Every school, every hospital, every workplace and…
I would like to start by wishing FE News readers a Happy New Year. After my last article, I offered FE News readers the opportunity to…
Another election year is upon us and given that the heat of the debate on public expenditure will probably be without precedent, the next twelve…
The world of work is changing fast. The top 10 jobs that will be most in demand in 2010 did not even exist in 2004.…
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