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...
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,...
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In his first Birthday Honour’s List as sovereign, King Charles III has today (Saturday 17 June 2023) recognised FE staff and leaders from across the…
Welcome to Soundbite Edition 699! 17th June 2023: How have College mergers affected Ofsted inspections and outcomes? This is the weekly e-newsletter and e-journal brought…
Join us as we announce a new and ambitious programme of work and funding, in partnership with Learning and Work Institute, to #GetAdultsLearning. At 10am…
In 2015, the government launched its review of post-16 education and training institutions across England. One of the areas the review considered was the ‘need…
It’s hard to talk about the law and legal protections surrounding neurodiversity in a way that doesn’t sound like fearmongering. This series on Neurodiversity: Empowering…
In this podcast series we discuss some of the issues that we think are relevant and interesting if we’re going to try and reduce sexual…
A survey of 113 higher education admissions professionals from over 30 higher education providers shows the average time spent reading a UCAS personal statement is…
UK Lagging Behind Rest of the World in Skills Development, Ranked 64th in Global Report Coursera’s fifth annual Global Skills Report reveals UK skills proficiency…
Using artificial intelligence to transform education in a positive way will be the focus of a new call for evidence launched by the Government today…
Employment back to pre-pandemic levels but “clear signs that weak labour supply is holding back growth” The UK employment rate was estimated at 76.0% in February…
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