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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Today (Tuesday, 13 April), Association of Colleges has published results from a survey of colleges, revealing the extent of damage to students’ education during the…
A lot about the last year has been unpredictable, but if you had told me back then that one of our biggest selling short courses…
Tackling fire safety in education facilities With many schools, colleges and higher education facilities currently suspended due to the COVID-19 crisis, the government and higher…
In this week’s Shedding Light on the Labour Market, we take a look at the changing demand for occupations over the last year, and in…
Those working within the education sector (teachers, assistants, lecturers, caretakers, educational psychologists etc) have like all frontline workers faced enormous pressures over the last year.…
Applying start-up principles to educational curriculums Most start-up companies are obsessed with improving their customer satisfaction rates. Educational institutions can hugely benefit from taking this…
5 Ways companies can improve their inclusivity & diversity Recent news headlines, and frequent public faux pas, show that corporate South Africa has a long…
@GavinWilliamson addresses the #NASUWT21 2021 Annual Conference of teaching union @NASUWT: Thank you very much for inviting me to join your conference today. I’m delighted to…
#VUCA: What is it and why does it matter to business success? There is no doubt that the outbreak of COVID-19 highlights the VUCA (volatile,…
With GCSE and A Levels cancelled again this year, teacher assessments will be used to grade our young people’s academic abilities instead of exams. These…
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