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,...
Comment pieces, exclusive and non-exclusive featured content, corporate blogs, speech transcripts, and sector reactions.
Today is the United Nations’ International Day of Education (24 January). Founder & Chairman of the global EdTech – @Cuemath – Manan Khurma, comments: “The…
By Bob Sims, Chief HR Officer, Park Place Technologies Our future depends on our ability to innovate out of a crisis – and STEM skills…
New multi-million-pound funding from NHS England will enable all schools to fully support the in-school vaccination programme, and air cleaning units will be provided in…
Protect student choice: do not withdraw funding for #BTEC qualifications At 100,000 signatures… 108,302 signatures when this petition closed on 23rd Jan 2022. With over 100,000…
Students in higher education are certainly no strangers to financial woes, with the average student loans debt in the UK at £35,000 – nearly double…
In this episode, Gavin O’Meara is joined by Dan Howard (Operations Director for Learning for Work, NCFE) to kickstart our new Future of Work series,…
As we’ve witnessed over the past months, workplaces and schools have evolved beyond anything we could imagine. Seemingly overnight, we were suddenly required to work…
The Black Further Education Leadership Group (@FeLeadership) and Association of Colleges (@AoC_info) have a shared commitment to anti-racism in Further Education. The Black FE Leadership…
Today’s statistics show a new record number of 1,247,000 job vacancies There are still 364,000 unemployed 18-24-year-olds in the UK The number of employees on…
In October, ahead of COP26, 140 universities backed a new set of commitments on climate action drawn up by Universities UK, including emissions reduction targets…
Please confirm you want to block this member.
You will no longer be able to:
Please allow a few minutes for this process to complete.
