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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Many of our clients are concerned about what will happen to their agency workers during the extended lock down and the education sector is no…
Keeping #Talent Working These are my thoughts on how we should respond to our amazing apprentices through this difficult time whilst protecting ours and their…
@AELPUK responds to @GillianKeegan’s letter to all MPs about #apprenticeships and #AEB Following the DfE statement dated 17 April on the possibility of some financial…
According to Our Plan for FE, a report published by the @ukEdge today, 21st April 2020, Further Education (FE) has a golden opportunity to secure…
Relationship Manager Overview Despite the recent difficult circumstances generated by the Coronavirus pandemic progress from the Digital Route Review Trailblazer Groups continues to move through…
Chancellor @RishiSunak threw a lifeline to employers when he committed to a scheme that will see the government pay 80% of employee salaries. It is…
We’ve all been unable to escape the word ‘furlough’ over the past few weeks – a term many of us were not even familiar with…
Thursday morning, ten to nine and I have been working since about 7:30 catching up on emails and monitoring progress across the College Group. Always…
The Chancellors’ announcement that the Job Retention Scheme has been extended by one month to the end of June to reflect continuing social distancing measures is great news. Responding to this evening’s announcement on…
I am fortunate to work with a large number of businesses in a number of sectors in my role as a Non-Executive Director. During the…
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