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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The current skills gap costs the UK £63 billion a year, with an estimated 600,000 job vacancies in digital technology alone. There are currently more…
#Nisai2030 – Dedicated to achieving @UN’s #GlobalGoals through #education The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 have been described as “the closest thing the…
With one in eight children suffering from some form of mental health issue during their childhood years, it is important that we as parents and…
… So Being Financially Prepared Is Crucial As of March 2019, students in the UK owed £121 billion on their student loans. This number is set to…
Why the apprenticeship #levy is broken and how to fix it With the apprenticeships programme set to overspend by hundreds of millions of pounds in…
What does 2020 hold for FE? I think the sector must be optimistic about the coming year – many promises have been made by the…
A new session of Parliament has opened and been marked formally by the Queen’s Speech in Westminster earlier today (10 Dec). An Australian points-based immigration…
The growing concern in many UK universities about student mental health has been well documented, with a quarter of students reported to have some type of…
Although over the last 20 years, there has been a large increase in the number of working age people with qualifications, there are still almost 100,000…
#AI and #connectivity set to be the basis for the next 20 years of innovation – The UK needs to invest in #talent to implement…
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