Ten academic years ago, I wrote for FE News about challenging stereotypes, inspired by the late MP Jo Cox. As another academic year begins, I...
Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). That’s a grim milestone that’s only marginally dropped in the latest quarter according to the ONS....
“Employers are far more likely to engage when they believe the organisation contacting them understands the commercial environment in which they operate.” We cannot solve...
The financial pressures facing UK higher education have reached a point where we need to ask a more fundamental question: is the problem simply that universities...
Higher and degree apprenticeships should be one of the most powerful drivers of social mobility. They offer the chance to earn while learning, gain real...
The hiring and recruitment space is experiencing more change than ever before. Just under a million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are now out...
Last week brought a welcome signal that the government is ready to rethink GCSE maths resits. Education Secretary Lucy Powell acknowledged that failing to get...
In a few short weeks, tens of thousands of young people fresh from receiving their A-level and BTEC results will head off to university to...
As August draws to a close, Further Education settles into a particular rhythm. INSET days land in the final week of the month, enrolment week...
The first in a new series examining international careers, employability and skills systems, and what England might responsibly learn from them. Introduction There is something...
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@CollegeComm – The UK needs a new vision for colleges to drive a green economic recovery and better living standards Geoff Barton (General Secretary of the…
@MichelleDonelan addresses the fifth #HEFestival hosted by @UniOfBuckingham Good morning, I am delighted by this opportunity to speak at this celebration of higher education. We…
Waiting for economic data to emerge over the past few weeks has been rather like anticipating a root canal – you know it’s going to…
Structural Impact At a structural level, Covid-19 will simply exacerbate pre-existing weaknesses in our economy, namely too great a reliance on a low wage, low…
As part of @GavinWilliamson’s announcement today, disadvantaged pupils in schools and colleges will benefit from the second part of the catch-up fund, a £350m tutoring fund.…
We all know Blair’s Education, Education, Education mantra and our current Prime Minister has just launched his infrastructure initiative with Build, Build, Build – but…
These are difficult times for employers and apprentices, with economic forecasts for this year estimating our economy will shrink by 9.2 per cent. Unemployment has…
A Better Recovery The TUC’s vision of a better recovery takes as its premise that the coronavirus pandemic and the measures taken to tackle it…
@MichelleDonelan, Minister for the Opportunity Areas, today (17 Jul) announced how the expanded programme will address the impact of coronavirus, building on the successes across…
Claudia Harris to step down as CEO of @CareerEnt to join @makersacademy Claudia Harris is to step down from The Careers & Enterprise Company this month, after…
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