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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New @NCFE survey has found that less than 1 in 5 (18%) of the UK’s 16-24-year-olds feel positive about their future career prospects “It is…
A new report published today (Friday 9th October) by the Education Policy Institute (@EduPolicyInst), funded by the Nuffield Foundation (@NuffieldFound), examines the education policy responses…
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…
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