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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Over the past week this nation has entered a truly unprecedented phase and as a Government, we have had to take some exceptional steps to…
@HOLEXPolicy have responded to @GillianKeegan’s letter of 23 March 2020 which set out the government’s response to COVID-19 in relation to the Adult Community Education (grant…
William Penn, an historic American politician, once remarked, “Time is what we want most, but… what we use worst.” He wasn’t wrong. I have been looking…
#MyVirtualCollege – @WestonCollege is a UK #Microsoft Showcase College and the 9th largest College in the country, Dr Paul Phillips CBE has shown impressive leadership…
David Hughes (@AoCDavidH) letter to @GavinWilliamson during COVID-19 crisis calls for clarification and decisions for colleges In a further letter to the Education Secretary today (25 Mar), the…
Two weeks ago, it was business as usual and COVID-19 was just something in the news headlines. Today, the government has brought the country to…
So with great anticipation the Secretary of State for education and his Skills Minister has delivered no flexibility to the PTP part of the skills sector. It…
As the world continues to cope with the unprecedented impacts of the COVID 19, an increasing number of people will be directed to isolate themselves…
#Coronavirus – @GillianKeegan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for #Apprenticeships and Skills has written to non-college stakeholders about the measures that the Government has put in…
Last week, the UK government introduced new measures intended to slow the spread of COVID-19 such as school closures and the shutting down of cafes,…
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