As we await Alan Milburn’s final review of young people and work, much of the debate has understandably focused on the scale of youth inactivity,...
A college can achieve a strong staff survey response rate and still fail to hear from some of the people it most needs to understand....
In a special feature for FE News to mark Get the Nation Learning Week, Alison Morris, Director of Policy at Skills Federation brings together members...
The Government’s Youth Guarantee is a welcome recognition that too many young people are being left behind. But if it is to succeed over the...
Picture a meeting that covers a change to timetables, a new adjustments plan, or a restructure proposal. Everyone nods. Actions are agreed. Then, over the...
There has been increased debate over youth participation in education and employment, and the scale of the challenge is undeniable. Nearly one million young people...
Every November the Department for Education counts the school workforce, and every year the headline is about teachers. This year's count, published last month, is...
Think about the young people leaving further education this year. One might be heading to university. Another is starting an apprenticeship. One is going straight...
The forthcoming Budget and the Milburn Review will bring further focus onto participation, opportunity and workforce development; apprenticeships are once again set to occupy a...
Kerry Boffey of FIN asks if nominee training is about preparing for an Ofsted inspection or should it be doing something much bigger. Of course,...
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Number of female tech leaders decreasing, according to research by @RevolentGroup Recent figures suggest that tech boardrooms are seeing a drop in the number of…
This week’s #FutureOfWork live show sees host Gavin O’Meara joined by James Lane (Digital, Creative and Design Sector Manager, NCFE) to discuss all things digital.…
By the BFELG: #AntiRacismInAction: Calling London with Neelam Khosla-Stephens, Higher Education Consultant, David Russell, CEO Education and Training Foundation, Andy Forbes, BFELG. BFELG uses *…
Now “nearly as many vacancies as there are unemployed” while 560,000 growth in inactivity among older people “dwarfs anything that we have seen in at…
Employers anticipate making pay awards of 3% in 2022 as they look to combat increasing recruitment and retention difficulties. This is the headline finding from…
The idea of working with data as a part of my everyday job has always excited me. I decided that I wanted to understand and…
With #NationalApprenticeshipWeek happening this week, Kirstie Donnelly MBE, CEO City & Guilds, the skills development organisation, is looking at why investing in great apprenticeships will be…
Currently prisoners are unable to take advantage of apprenticeships, which would give them access to gold-standard training they can gain the skills needed to secure…
#NationalApprenticeshipWeek gives us all an opportunity to reflect on the importance of offering training opportunities. With an unemployment rate of 4.7% in the West Midlands,…
Lee Marley is Founder of Lee Marley Brickwork Limited, which he set up in 1997 when he was 24. A former apprentice bricklayer himself, Lee appreciates the opportunities that a quality…
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