Last week, I joined representatives from Parliament, employers, business organisations, awarding bodies and the wider skills sector at the New Statesman Politics Live event to...
The most important word in apprenticeships is not achievement. That is not about diminishing the importance of completion or success. Achievement matters. It signals that...
In the second part of our special feature for FE News to mark Youth Employment Week, Alison Morris, Director of Policy at Skills Federation brings...
There is growing evidence that sustainability is moving from a specialist function into mainstream business operations Employers are increasingly seeking professionals who combine technical business...
This is Part Two of three on children, social media and the ban. The government is introducing legislation to bar children from the platforms. It...
When Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham walks into Number 10- be that Downing Street or the ‘Number 10 of the north’ in Manchester- what should his...
The idea that a career in research is becoming obsolete is easy to understand. It is also wrong, but not for the reasons you might expect. Behind the debate about research careers lies a more...
It’s Youth Employment Week, and in a special feature for FE News, Alison Morris, Director of Policy at Skills Federation brings together members Adrian Wookey,...
Aspiring marketers are set to enter the industry at a challenging, but exciting time. Competition for jobs may only become greater, with the recent Milburn...
Picture this. A member of your teaching staff is three weeks into a formal performance improvement process. Observations have been graded as requiring improvement. You...
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Influential anti-racism campaigners have called for an Ethnic Representation Index (ERI) in further education to address the sector’s critical gaps in staff representation along ethnicity…
The Office for National Statistics launched the Labour Force Survey results today. This highlighted that there was an increase in NEETs from, January to March…
WorldSkills UK, in partnership with NCFE, invited an outstanding cast of experts from across the sector to provide their personal viewpoints on what the term…
Moving to the UK from a different country can be a significant change, especially if you are a student who has never lived outside of…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the General Election will be on the 4th July 2024 in an outside broadcast in front of Number 10 in…
Mark Dawe, CEO at The Skills Network, looks at how the use of technology can help unlock maths skills for a new generation, whilst helping…
Work to improve standards of maths in Welsh schools is progressing with new schemes in place helping to boost confidence, develop skills and encourage more…
Ten years after financial education was added to the national curriculum, a new Education Committee report calls on the Government to bolster the subject in…
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) today publishes its trailblazing report on building a sustainable and self-improving sector. A joint project with Saïd Business School,…
New commitments to develop AI safely have been agreed with 16 AI tech companies spanning the globe, including companies from the US, China and the…
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