While the headlines this year have gone to pathways and funding, the deepest apprenticeship reform is happening in a corner of the system most commentary...
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...
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@IFAteched consultation on External Quality Assurance: What I would like to see? Reflecting on nearly four years as an end point assessment organisation (EPAO), the…
In the last ten years there has been a considerable shift in the role of Careers Advisers along with being expert career planners, and advocates.…
@GavinWilliamson launches Multi-million-pound fund to boost standards across the FE sector Almost £14 million package to strengthen leadership and governance in colleges across the country…
Universities are key to levelling up: scrap year one fees for first in family students and redirect research funding to #LeftBehind regions A new report from…
Simplifying Apprenticeship External Quality Assurance #EQA A public consultation has been launched today (27 February) on the future of #EQA for apprenticeships. A consultation has been…
… a legacy for which society will eternally be thankful What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is…
Undertrained, underemployed and unprepared: the UK is squandering the potential of millions of workers A new report Missing Millions published today (25 Feb) by leading skills…
After the first year of her degree, Event Management student Kayleigh Ayriss took an internship over the summer as Event Co-ordinator at Foundations UK, based…
Since Innovate Awarding became approved to be an End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO), we have been banging the drum for clarity on roles and responsibilities…
Rising Numbers of 16-18 Year Olds The population of 16-18 year olds is projected to increase significantly between 2020 and 2024. Projections by the ONS…
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