New analysis of data reveals a stark numeracy divide across England, with communities in the North struggling with numbers more than those in the South....
The school 14-16 curriculum has not served the needs of all children. For too long vocational education has been the preserve of FE, especially for...
Two senior roundtables on AI adoption kept returning to the same quiet risk: the tasks that once taught young people the job are being automated...
Lord Agnew, Chair of the House of Lords special inquiry Numeracy for Life Committee summarises the findings and conclusions of the Committee’s year-long inquiry. For...
Small and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of the UK economy, yet encouraging more of them to participate in apprenticeships remains a challenge. While much...
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...
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Occupations Seeing Growth in Employer Demand: Shedding Light on the Labour Market #LMI In today’s Shedding Light on the Labour Market, we take a look…
We’ve seen a significant and persistent rise in the demand for private tuition from lower-income households in recent years. Families are using private tuition to…
@CBItweets recent report Learning for life: funding world class adult education, shows that – based on analysis by @McKinsey & Company – nine in ten employees…
Interviews and professional discussions are common in #EPA. They are part of end point assessment (EPA) for standards including Business Administrator, Digital Marketer, Marketing Manager,…
Has there ever been a golden age for FE? There has been no shortage of attempts to map-out what one might look like in England,…
#Skills2030 – A RADICAL NEW STRATEGY FOR LIFETIME RESKILLING MUST BE BEDROCK OF UK ECONOMIC RECOVERY @CBItweets Last month, the CBI welcomed the Prime Minister’s Lifetime…
When Sir David Attenborough expressed an interest in the idea of gardening forming part of the national curriculum, Finito World looked into the matter in more detail… Sir…
In education, we hear a lot about character. But what does it mean in practical terms? The trouble with education is that it’s full of…
November #Exams: College body @Aoc_info writes to @NickGibbUK with concerns about safety, student support, and funding The Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges ‐ the membership…
#Edtech expert @Ty_Goddard gives us his ten cents on the role played during the virus, and offers his recommendations for the #FutureofEducation It was Charles Dickens…
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