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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We Need to Totally #RethinkFE Many outsiders believe FE’s experts are too introspective …… to secure the future of colleges, we must see the bigger…
#Skills2030 – 6M People Could Be Left Behind By £120 billion #SkillsMismatch Caused By Centralised #SkillsSystem Six million people in England risk being without a job or…
#WeWantaSkillsMinister – The Federation of @AwardingBodies Chair Calls on @BorisJohnson to Reinstate a Dedicated Minister for the Further Education Sector The FAB Chair, Paul Eeles,…
There’s often discussion in the media or at education events about whether #apprenticeships give people skills for life. Some people think they’re too limited to…
Daniel Muijs, Ofsted’s Deputy Director, Research and Evaluation, summarises the reasons for carrying out research at Ofsted: Why we do research at Ofsted? Since joining…
The Education Policy Institute @EduPolicyInst has published its Annual Report on access to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), “Access to child and adolescent mental health…
It may seem like a fairly complex task to sell the industry to women, however, what will attract women to coming to such jobs? In…
In 2019, 51% of people had planned to move jobs by the end of the year, resulting in many businesses having to redouble their efforts…
#SkillsWorld – Apprenticeship schemes in new sectors especially fraught and may put #apprenticeship ‘brand’ at risk New research by Dr Johann Fortwengel and Professor Howard…
After 12 years @Chris_EJones will be stepping down as @CityGuildsGroup CEO Kirstie Donnelly, current MD of City & Guilds will be taking on the role of interim…
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