At the start of his second week as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham has announced what amounts to a revolution in education policy. We have heard...
Kerry Boffey of FIN identifies changes in the Ofsted operating guide and toolkit which require provider attention before September. Providers preparing for inspection should pay...
Today's announcement from the Prime Minister is significant structural reform. Technical education pathways from age 14, combining core academic subjects with employer contact and workplace...
By mid-July, most Further Education leadership teams have shifted their attention to enrolment, exam boards and the slow scramble to close out the academic year....
This year’s World Youth Skills Day theme, 'Skills for a shared future', is timely. Young people are entering a labour market being reshaped by artificial intelligence, automation and changing employer expectations. Yet too often we describe...
Economic inactivity linked to long-term health conditions has now reached 2.8 million people in the UK, costing the country an estimated £212 billion per year...
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...
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Why we should be teaching students the rudiments of #freelancing and #entrepreneurship According to the latest estimates, there are currently 2.1 million freelance workers in the…
Education Secretary champions positive contribution of families @GavinWilliamson, Education Secretary, addresses Centre for Social Justice (@csjthinktank) to speak about the importance of family in #LevellingUp…
In today’s Shedding Light on the Labour Market, we want to focus on the importance of understanding how local labour markets are often vastly different…
The Skills Bill is quiet on support for any qualifications below Level 3 and also support for subjects outside a narrow band of technical disciplines.…
At the peak of the pandemic crisis the global education system saw almost 1.6 billion children in 195 countries unable to access physical classrooms. Yet…
@EducationGovUK – New #SkillsBill to transform skills and training, levelling up opportunities across the country The Skills and post-16 Education Bill will be introduced in Parliament…
Ministry of Justice (@MoJGovUK) figures show that, on average, only 17% of former prisoners manage to gain employment within a year of release – but…
With students returning to University today, it’s time we do something about access to textbooks Students across the country are breathing a collective sigh of…
As we know the government announced that a number of restrictions are being lifted today (Monday 17 May 2021), in line with ‘step three’ of…
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the way we live and work. The economic landscape has also changed dramatically and companies are being forced to…
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