It has been nine months since the House of Lords Social Mobility Policy Committee, which I chaired, published its report ‘Social mobility: Local roots, lasting...
As budgets tighten and campus capacity shrinks, hybrid models offer a practical way to deliver exams at scale. As higher and further education institutions across...
After my ADHD diagnosis, the research, and that conversation with a former employer, I noted in my last article that I'd launched something that I...
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...
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The announcement from government that the post-18 education and training system would be transformed to prepare for a post-covid economy has been warmly welcomed. It’s…
You’d think the answer to this is a definitive ‘yes’. However, the Scottish EAT’s decision in K v L reveals how difficult it is for schools/colleges to…
#Post16RevolutionaryReforms – After a summer where FE has again been more of an afterthought than a priority, the autumn policymaking agenda promises to change this with…
Plans for Highers to go ahead; National 5 exams replaced Plans have been announced for Higher and Advanced Higher exams to go ahead in 2021,…
It was great to hear the Prime Ministers speech on the 30th September. It was a welcome recognition of the importance of the full spectrum…
Along with other #apprenticeship stakeholders, @BCS has responded to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s (@IfATEched) second Apprenticeship Funding Band consultation which has just…
The Demographics of #Furlough and Claimant Counts: Shedding Light on the Labour Market #LMI This is the second in a regular fortnightly series we are…
#Post16RevolutionaryReforms – We have spent the last 40 years going through the same debate, using the same narrative and the same rationale about why we need…
Today’s young people face becoming a “lost generation” unless the Government develops a COBRA-style response to boost skills and job opportunities, (@LGAcomms) the Local Government…
#Post16RevolutionaryReforms – Nobody within the political machine ever reads articles by those outside their immediate sphere. Ministers and officials are swamped with more reading than they…
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