FE leaders are not short of priorities. Funding pressures, curriculum reform, skills gaps, and meeting diverse learner needs all demand attention, so the instinct can...
Across the country, clean energy projects are falling behind schedule. Sometimes it’s planning disputes. Other times, it’s budget pressures. But the challenge that often goes...
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...
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Around 79% of employees would quit a job in which they did not feel duly appreciated by their managers, while 69% of millennials are concerned that…
Educational Podcasts Online The FE News podcast is an online podcast with experts across the World of Education and Work discussing the latest strategies and…
Despite the last two years being filled with huge uncertainty and disruption for students, school leavers are currently entering a historically buoyant job market. Whilst…
Rishi Sunak’s Budget signals a significant step-change for the Government, with skills and education forming the backbone of the Autumn Spending Review. The Chancellor opened…
The education industry has changed dramatically over the past year; where adult learners previously enjoyed the structure of regular courses in a set location, they…
#NCLW2021 – This week is national care leavers week in the UK, where we celebrate the achievements and good stories of care leavers. Unfortunately, with…
Earlier this month at the Conservative Party Conference, the Lifelong Education Commission – on which I serve as an independent commissioner – launched its first…
Reflecting on Party Conferences 2021 – What can we hope for in education? Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, last year’s 2020 party conferences took place…
The delegates to #COP26 next month (November) have bought their tickets and are leafing through their Glasgow guidebooks. More than 30,000 climate experts, campaigners, policymakers…
To mark #BlackHistoryMonth this October, Isatu Taylor, Curriculum Leader for Visual Arts at City and Islington College (@CitynIslington), shares her experiences of life as a…
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