Further education (FE) in England has spent too long treating teacher training as an optional extra. That stance may have seemed tolerable in a sector...
Further education, work-based learning organisations and skills providers are all operating in a very complex environment - shaped by tight budgets, workforce shortages (with teacher...
A country facing prolonged conflict, economic fragmentation and collapsing public services cannot afford to leave its younger generation trapped between interrupted education, weak labour demand...
Why trust, not technology, is emerging as the defining challenge as AI adoption accelerates across the sector The debate around artificial intelligence in assessment is...
The promise of an AI-driven transformation has never been more pronounced. But the real shift is not what AI can do; it is what humans...
While many businesses are focused on growth, the underlying challenge is often one of efficiency. Particularly in today’s climate, where budgets are tight and hiring...
A decade ago, digital skills were often seen as specialist knowledge. Today, they sit alongside English and maths as essential workplace literacies. Sustainability is now...
Before our sector rushes to introduce apprenticeship quality measures, it’s time we made better use of the strongest public indicator we already have. An industry...
The UK’s labour market currently faces a growing contradiction. At the same time as businesses report persistent skills shortages, nearly a million young people aged...
As apprenticeships are, by definition, an employment-based programme, you might reasonably expect the pattern of apprenticeship starts to broadly track trends in the labour market. Having worked in the sector for over 20...
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Ellen Thinnesen OBE, Chief Executive of Education Partnership North East, has been appointed as the next Further Education Commissioner, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. Ellen will…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 811: 23rd August 2025 | Results Day Reality: Are We Fuelling The Skills Rocket Or Creating An AI Gender Gap?…
Innovate Awarding, leading apprenticeship end-point assessment and awarding organisation, and part of Lifetime Group, has appointed Rob May as its new Managing Director. Rob brings…
New role created as TTC Group continues its strategic transformation through acquisition People competency management expert, TTC Group, has appointed Kate Perry as its Chief…
Professor Claire Ozanne has been appointed as the next Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Canterbury Christ Church University. Professor Ozanne is an experienced leader in higher…
Dr Richard Whittle has been appointed to the role of Professor of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Public Policy at the University of Salford’s Business School.…
Bringing fresh leadership at a pivotal moment for the sector, Nick joins to guide the IMI’s next era The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI)…
Lynda Armstrong OBE will stay on as the Chair of ECITB’s Board for a further two years following the extension of her term. Her tenure…
TEAMCo, the UK’s leading provider of digital exam management solutions, has recently announced the appointment of David Kitchen as its new Chief Executive Officer. This…
NEOMA Business School is pleased to announce that Doris Birkhofer, president of Siemens France and a 1997 NEOMA alumna, has joined its board of directors…
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