Last week brought a welcome signal that the government is ready to rethink GCSE maths resits. Education Secretary Lucy Powell acknowledged that failing to get...
In a few short weeks, tens of thousands of young people fresh from receiving their A-level and BTEC results will head off to university to...
As August draws to a close, Further Education settles into a particular rhythm. INSET days land in the final week of the month, enrolment week...
The first in a new series examining international careers, employability and skills systems, and what England might responsibly learn from them. Introduction There is something...
When it comes to employees, further education doesn't suffer from a shortage of enthusiasm or dedication. In fact, an analysis of FE staff survey responses...
Level 1 and 2 results day (not just GCSE as will become clear below) provides an annual reminder of the failings of our educational system....
During this summer's heatwaves, further education and skills providers across the country found themselves trying to run assessments, practical workshops and exams in buildings, workplaces...
This summer has delivered the clearest statement of intent on skills that further education has seen in a generation. Technical education pathways from age 14,...
For social care to be fit for the future, the workforce must be central to reform. Adult social care stands at a critical moment. Demand for care...
The State of the Skills Sector 2026 reveals that skills providers largely have confidence in their own performance, but far less certainty about policy, funding,...
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The Supreme Court has handed down it’s judgment in the long-running case of Harpur Trust v Brazel. It decided that any worker who has a continuing…
Students across the country have now sat all of their A-Level and GCSE exams… But what’s next? This year, exams have returned to some kind…
The publication of the new funding rules for 2022 to 2023 from the ESFA (Education and Skills Funding Agency) consolidate last year’s changes which had…
Welcome to FE Soundbite, this is our weekly newsletter and e-journal brought to you by FE News. This is edition 654 (so we have been…
The academic year has ended. It has been a crazy year on so many levels, politically in the UK, overseas in Ukraine and within the…
In 2017 a report by ONS shed light on the disparity between single parents and their coupled counterparts in the workplace, with just 71.7% of…
Yesterday (20 July 2022), the Supreme Court handed down it’s judgment in the long-running case of Harpur Trust v Brazel. It decided that any worker who…
The Federation of Awarding Bodies celebrates 20 years of transforming learners’ lives through awarding and assessment practice, as it publishes a new plan to increase…
Green energy, like wind and solar, can support five times more secure and skilled jobs in the UK than gas generation, according to a report…
Teachers across the country will benefit from pay increases of between 5% and 8.9% from September, as yesterday (Tuesday 19 July), the government has fully…
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