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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#InternationalWomensDay is celebrated on 8 March every year around the world. It is a focal point in the movement for women’s rights. This year’s theme…
I’m sure International Women’s Day (08 March) means different things to different people. To many women, it will be a platform to redress the gender…
I have always been a champion of women and promoting greater gender diversity in the field of engineering, which is one of the things that…
Research from leading skills organisation City & Guilds suggests that outdated stereotypes and ways of working are holding women back from accessing high paying job…
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…
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