The government's plans for young people will go further if they are built around the colleges already providing technical pathways, work placements and apprenticeships, argues...
A learner asked me a question this year that every teacher in the sector will recognise, or soon will: if the software is intelligent, why...
I’m writing this just before heading off on a family camping trip to Yorkshire, which means the house is currently a chaotic blend of optimism,...
There are now 11 applicants for every degree apprenticeship place in England, up from 3 just three years ago, according to government data. That competition...
Every year, apprenticeship providers brace themselves for a new set of funding rules. The annual ritual is familiar: download the document, highlight the changes, update...
Using AI to help draft a lesson plan is one thing. Using it to assess whether a prospective learner should study at Level 2 or...
Provider achievement rates receive significant attention from boards, governors and executive teams because they provide a straightforward indication of overall performance. They are often one...
Long-time observers of the UK skills system are prone to wearily observing that it is fragmented, complex and a victim of policy inconsistency over time....
According to the Student Mental Health Study, 37% of first-year university students show moderate-to-severe anxiety or depression. This is nearly double the national rate for...
The biggest challenges facing the further education workforce are no great secret. Pay remains a big concern. Funding pressures limit what colleges can offer, while recruitment difficulties...
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The FE and Skills 2026 New Year’s Honours List has been announced, including a couple of ‘Hullraisers’, Saf Ali for his amazing work on diversity…
As we know, education has always been about people and delivered well, it should evoke curiosity, aspiration and opportunity among its students. Yet the way…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 828: 20th December 2025. Last Soundbite of 2025: Mayors, Milburn and Major Welfare Reform This is the weekly e-newsletter and…
When eight of our Media, Broadcast and Production T Level students walked into the Liverpool City Region AI Summit this October, they had a chance…
A Lioness and an award-winning civil engineer apprentice have been honoured for their contribution to further education. This week, as 2025 comes to an end,…
The backlog of people waiting to have their work capability assessed is to be significantly reduced through a package of measures that will reduce UK welfare spending by £1.9bn by the end of 2030/31. The changes will see the Government…
2025 was the year apprenticeship reform stopped being a future conversation and became an urgent, unavoidable reality. From levy changes to assessment overhauls, the sector…
The UK and EU today announced a major package of agreements, including the UK’s association to the Erasmus+ programme in 2027, alongside moving forward on energy…
Alan Milburn calls for a ‘movement’ to address lost generation of young people not earning or learning as investigation opens The Milburn Review into NEETs…
The latest ONS Labour Market data for the UK has been released in the December 2025 update. Estimates for payrolled employees in the UK fell…
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