How to Ask Well is emerging as a critical leadership competency across Further Education. As FE teams navigate heavy workloads, pressure to deliver outcomes, and...
On 2 December 2025, Ministers Shane Reti and Penny Simmonds released New Zealand's new Tertiary Education Strategy for 2025-2030. In this fourth article in my...
Apprenticeship Governing Boards: What does 2026 hold? I've spent many years sitting on or advising the boards and committees of independent training providers, employer providers...
I'm incredibly proud to share that I've now completed my Level 7 Senior Leadership apprenticeship at The University of Manchester: Alliance Manchester Business School – graduating with a...
The Education and Training Foundation’s recent Achieving Social Value in Further Education and Skills report puts into words something many of us working in apprenticeships...
New research reveals that employers in England face substantially higher costs of training apprentices compared with their counterparts in Germany and Austria. If the employer costs are so high, will this stand...
What a whirlwind 2025 has been for anyone working in skills policy. In addition to the significant changes to apprenticeships, we’ve seen a renewed focus...
In my first two articles of this series, I explored the history of New Zealand's vocational education system and the announcement of the 2026 reforms....
AI literacy is often framed as a specialist skill: something required only in particular sectors, or by those who actively use artificial intelligence as part...
The Budget’s child-poverty reforms are vital, but closing education’s digital gap is now essential to ensure fair access, participation and assessment for all. Scrapping the...
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As artificial intelligence begins to shape the way we write, speak, and learn, our understanding of literacy must evolve. This article explores how writing remains…
The Government’s recent announcement that Skills England and apprenticeships will move from the Department for Education (DfE) to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
The link between employers and training providers is vital to ensuring access to high-quality skills and professional development. With nearly one million young people currently…
15 years ago, Learning and Development (L&D) teams sat at the centre of business performance. They were internal consultants, diagnosing capability gaps and designing tailored…
These are not the words of the Lifelong Education Institute, but taken from the Foreword of the government’s Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper, jointly…
The government’s announcement of V Levels marks yet another seismic shift in the post-16 education landscape. On the surface, the promise of streamlining 900 confusing…
A YouGov survey of more than 1,000 domestic undergraduate students at UK universities revealed how they use AI in their studies, highlighting sentiment around existing…
It’s very early days for V Levels and there is much to absorb and understanding from the announcements of yesterday. The launch of T Levels…
The Prime Minister’s conference speech gave welcome prominence to further education – a rare moment when skills took centre stage and the White Paper sets…
While AI has extraordinary potential to transform English language education – it must be used sensibly and be guided by robust ethical frameworks, writes Dr…
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