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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We are all painfully aware of the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on the industry. Many small training providers have already been forced to close…
The UK’s first social mobility professor (@Lem_Exeter) speaks about securing £350m funding for the National Tutoring Programme for disadvantaged 5-16 year old pupils: I am very careful to be apolitical…
Written Ministerial Statement from Minister @GillianKeegan on adult skills and the £100 million National Retraining Scheme: Today [13 Oct] I wanted to update both Houses on…
Commenting on the ONS’s latest unemployment figures, Tony Wilson, IES Director, said: “Redundancies are growing at their fastest ever rate, doubling in the last three months alone. …
The Chair of the Education Select Committee (@Halfon4harlowMP) tells us about his latest fight for guaranteed apprenticeships and why universities need to up their game…
#ExamsCovidDebate – Exams will go ahead next summer, underpinned by contingencies for all possible scenarios. Students to be given more time to prepare for 2021 exams…
The tech entrepreneur Euan Blair on @WhiteHatGB’s new approach to getting young people into work: As a business looking to build an outstanding alternative to university and create…
The great educationalist Sir @MichaelBarber9 on Blair, @OfficeStudents and lessons learned in international education: Secretary of State for the Department for Education Gavin Williamson recently asked me to chair a review…
Housing Hand’s Managing Director Jeremy Robinson explains how the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having could result in positive longer-term solutions for the student…
Tips from mental health experts for #WorldMentalHealthDay 2020 The Charlie Waller Trust is one of the UK’s most respected mental health charities, dating back to 1997 after being…
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