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Rupert Crossland

The 2026-27 Apprenticeship Funding Rules: What’s Changed and What It Means

By Rupert Crossland

Every year, apprenticeship providers brace themselves for a new set of funding rules. The annual ritual is familiar: download the document, highlight the changes, update...

The EU AI Act: When AI Decisions Matter In FE

By Gary F. Fisher

Using AI to help draft a lesson plan is one thing. Using it to assess whether a prospective learner should study at Level 2 or...

Andy Hillerby

What Might your Achievement Rate be Hiding?

By Andy Hillerby

Provider achievement rates receive significant attention from boards, governors and executive teams because they provide a straightforward indication of overall performance. They are often one...

Anthony Painter - ufi

Rewiring The State: A Moment Of Opportunity for The Future Of Skills

By Ufi VocTech Trust

Long-time observers of the UK skills system are prone to wearily observing that it is fragmented, complex and a victim of policy inconsistency over time....

Under Pressure: How Universities Can Best Prepare Students for What Comes Next

By Andrew

According to the Student Mental Health Study, 37% of first-year university students show moderate-to-severe anxiety or depression. This is nearly double the national rate for...

Jane Tidswell

Stats show FE’s Greatest Retention Opportunities are the Everyday Ones

By People Insight

The biggest challenges facing the further education workforce are no great secret.  Pay remains a big concern. Funding pressures limit what colleges can offer, while recruitment difficulties...

Luke Maynard

Counting the Cost: Why the UK’s Employability Skills Crisis Can No Longer Be Ignored

By City & Guilds

For years, employers have been telling us that something fundamental is missing in the labour market. Not technical skills, although those matter enormously, but the...

Nick Brook

Prevention not Rescue, Rethinking Youth Unemployment

By Futures For All

The number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) has topped one million for the first time since 2013. Alan Milburn's independent...

From Skills Intelligence to Career Action: What England Can Learn from Singapore

By Ladi Mohammed

Ladi Mohammed and Shani Wijemuni discuss how you turn better understanding of the skills an economy needs into better decisions by people, employers, and training...

Nathan Whitbread, Founder of The Neurodivergent Coach

Agreed Is Not Done: What Six Tribunal Cases Teach FE Leaders About Reasonable Adjustments

By Nathan Whitbread

A member of your team discloses a neurodivergent condition. You do the right thing. You agree to an adjustment. You understandably feel that the difficult...

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