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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As the Chancellor took to the stand on 11th March, we were already at the foothills of the COVID-19 outbreak. But Rishi Sunak wanted to…
As the conversation around reopening the UK’s schools rolls on, we’re bringing the focus in on our country’s educators. In this truly unique period of…
In recent years however, women have worked tirelessly to change this perception and uproot the tired prejudices they have likely faced throughout their entire sporting…
Whilst the wheels of Government are slow to turn, the past three months has shown that where there is a will – there is a…
Thoughts and ideas about governance are in constant fluctuation, therefore making it difficult to describe what governance is and how it should look. Corporate governance…
Thousands of young people typically enter work following GCSEs, but with unemployment set to rise, many will now choose to remain in education, where they…
Apprenticeships are certainly going to have to do their bit. HM Treasury’s current average of economic forecasts for 2020 shows our economy shrinking by 9.2%.…
@UniversitiesUK & @AGCAS – Supporting Graduates: The Class of 2020 Paid internships could help up to 100,000 graduates boost economy’s recovery, say UUK in…
Tackling the root causes of poverty has “taken on a new urgency” as COVID-19 risks compounding challenges facing people on low incomes, according to a…
The disruption to the provision of training as a result of Covid-19 is an opportunity for policy makers and training providers to revisit the UK’s…
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