Long-time observers of the UK skills system are prone to wearily observing that it is fragmented, complex and a victim of policy inconsistency over time....
According to the Student Mental Health Study, 37% of first-year university students show moderate-to-severe anxiety or depression. This is nearly double the national rate for...
The biggest challenges facing the further education workforce are no great secret. Pay remains a big concern. Funding pressures limit what colleges can offer, while recruitment difficulties...
For years, employers have been telling us that something fundamental is missing in the labour market. Not technical skills, although those matter enormously, but the...
The number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) has topped one million for the first time since 2013. Alan Milburn's independent...
Ladi Mohammed and Shani Wijemuni discuss how you turn better understanding of the skills an economy needs into better decisions by people, employers, and training...
A member of your team discloses a neurodivergent condition. You do the right thing. You agree to an adjustment. You understandably feel that the difficult...
The new Burnham led government has only been in power for a couple of months but it has already done enough to indicate that it...
I read three things recently that felt worth pulling together, if only to highlight them rather than fully make sense of them. The first was...
V Levels could offer something the post-16 system badly needs: greater flexibility for young people who want vocational learning without having to specialise as early...
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Having spent 16 years working in Higher Education and a few more in the creative industries prior to that, I’ve experienced my fair share of…
Anyone who falsely creates a qualification certificate, or alters a genuine one and passes it off as their own, is committing qualification fraud. Qualification fraud…
Ofsted’s Proposed ‘Report Card’ At the core of Ofsted’s current consultation is the proposed ‘report card’ showing which of five grades a school, college or independent provider…
Lee Owston and Paul Joyce explain how the new Ofsted inspection framework will transform inspections for FE providers, detailing key changes including real-time feedback, streamlined…
It’s approaching a year since we finished the Green Changemakers pilot, a year where we’ve been supporting and energising one another in the community, co-creating…
Well its certainly been a tumultuous week or so in relation to apprenticeship policy and rules! As a result, I thought it would be good…
Dyslexia is one of the most common neurodivergent conditions, yet many workplaces still view it through a deficit-based lens. Despite affecting around 10% of the…
From President Trump to some of the world’s largest corporations, a battle is raging around EDI policies and principles. The impact will be felt everywhere,…
FE News have put seven questions to Annie Chechitelli, Chief Product Officer at Turnitin around the future of AI in Education and Skills. Can we…
The government has announced a significant shake-up to apprenticeship requirements, confirming that English and maths Functional Skills exit requirements will be removed for adult apprentices…
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