Part Three of three on children, social media and the ban. The first piece asked how we arrived here. The second asked what we should...
As AI adoption outpaces the systems meant to recognise it, the question for the sector is not how to teach AI, but how to certify...
There is a phrase that gets used a lot in education technology right now, and it rarely means what people think it means. "AI-powered" has...
Burnham’s push for No 10 North and a devolved 14–19 offer promises new routes for young people; whether the MBacc becomes the model is now...
The longer I spend working as an independent governance, risk and compliance consultant, the more I find myself thinking that many organisations aren't actually managing...
We know that attendance remains one of the most closely monitored metrics in education. Still, for those working across further education, inclusion, and youth participation,...
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...
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Welcome to this week’s FE Soundbite and Happy St George’s day! This is FE Soundbite Edition 641 (and FE Soundbite is the FE News weekly…
Secondary school students will be able to study the natural world through an exciting new GCSE in natural history to be introduced by September 2025.…
What are the benefits and its potential? With the recent advancements and the world becoming more digital than ever, there’s no doubt that the metaverse…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Weekly Journal Edition #640 Happy Easter! I hope you have a fantastic Easter break.. for me, I am planning hot cross…
This month’s Official for National Statistics release show signs that the labour market recovery is stalling, with a continued outflow of older workers from the…
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady today (Tuesday) informed the TUC Executive Committee of her decision to retire from the TUC at the end of the…
Latest ONS Labour market figures: unemployment dropping to 3.8%. vacancy rate remains high at 1.3 million, and economic inactivity continues to rise to 21.4%. The…
Following on from Catherine Large’s speech at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference in March 2022, I thought it may be helpful to share some of my…
Adrian Grove, Business Development Manager @QubeLearning, pushes back against short term fixes suggested by the British Retail Consortium In a letter sent to Secretary of…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Weekly Journal Edition #639 I hope you like the new format of FE Soundbite. First up… I have some sad, but…
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