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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A local Talent and Innovation Ecosystem (TIE) is critical to levelling up deep-seated inequalities in towns like Doncaster A new report from the Lifelong…
“Whatever the question, education is always the answer,” the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu told me on his 86th birthday, after a shared portion of vanilla…
#NCW2022 – National Careers Week, aims to empower young people to make informed choices about their next steps by making sure they are getting the…
Failing your end point assessment (EPA) is NOT the end of the road – it’s only a hurdle to get past. And if you’ve come…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Weekly Journal Edition #634 I hope you are having a good week. This week saw the Launch of the Level 2…
New findings today (4 Mar) highlight a staffing crisis in England’s colleges which risks stunting the economy and halting any chance the government has of…
Celebrated annually on the first Friday in March, employers around the world celebrate #EmployeeAppreciationDay by going the extra step to appreciate their employees’ effort and…
An open letter to the Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP and members of the UK educational press As chair of the Commons Education Committee, I’ve…
As we wrap up this series of #FutureOfWork live shows, we take a look at the continuing professional development that’s needed within the workplace to…
The Skills Imperative 2035: What will work look like in 2035? A review of recent research and thought leadership pieces on future employment skills suggests…
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