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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What do you think of the changes Ofsted have brought in with the new inspection framework? I think that the changes, which Ofsted have brought…
If you don’t innovate you get left behind. That’s a universal truth across all industries, across every sector. Prison education is certainly no exception. That’s…
It’s really important that providers get a clear view that curriculum intent is only one part of the whole thing about the quality of education,…
Is there a plan? In July the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education published its highly anticipated and long sought after EQA framework. An attempt…
Sir Gerry Berragan, Chief Executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (the Institute), spoke to – and met with – delegates at the…
Curriculum Intent With Ofsted’s new Education Inspection Framework, curriculum intent is now more important than ever as it underpins Ofsted’s three I’s (Intent, Implementation and…
Helping disadvantaged students to access and succeed in higher education Universities must deliver on plans to improve access and participation for disadvantaged students and put…
Emily Hughes, a freelance assessor and apprenticeship lead at Bishop Grosseteste University, gives her view on end-point assessing to SDN to help other apprenticeship practitioners…
People in FE – just like everywhere else – resign and leave their posts from time to time. In the case of your organisation the…
International Week of #HappinessatWork2019 People working from Monday to Friday, 9-5, spend almost 25% of their lives at work, so employers have a responsibility to…
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