From the end of 2023, until the beginning of 2025, I was leading a piece of research titled Appreciating and Supporting Neurodiversity for the New...
Further Education colleges are already driving innovation every day, yet their contribution remains largely invisible in national policy. Elaine Baxter explores why recognising, supporting and...
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...
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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,...
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Expanding Childcare: Time for children, parents and family learning High quality early childhood education and care, both formal and informal, can have positive and long-term…
Expanding Childcare: Time for children, parents and family learning Early years childcare and education has the potential to change young children’s lives, particularly disadvantaged children.…
Expanding Childcare: Time for children, parents and family learning Some of the most expensive childcare in the world In the past year, we’ve seen childcare…
This week marks the start of South Asian Heritage Month, which aims to amplify and celebrate British South Asian heritage and history through education, arts,…
Welcome to Soundbite Edition 704, Is a perfect storm brewing for Apprenticeship Quality? FE Soundbite 704 22nd July 2023 This is the weekly e-newsletter and…
Expanding Childcare: Time for children, parents and family learning A system in crisis Childcare is on its knees. It is scarce and unaffordable for many.…
Expanding Childcare: Time for children, parents and family learning In the Spring Budget, the present Conservative Government announced a major childcare package of planned entitlements…
Expanding Childcare: Time for children, parents and family learning More working women A major social change in Britain has been the re-entry of women with…
Expanding Childcare: Time for children, parents and family learning Both the present Conservative Government and Labour opposition plan to expand childcare in England. A realistic…
The Secretary of State for Education, Gillian Keegan, has announced that she is recommending Sir Martyn Oliver for the post of His Majesty’s Chief Inspector…
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