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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#ALevelResults2019 – What parents can do to help their children following their results A-level results day is a tense time for parents of children hoping…
Today (14 Aug) is this year’s vocational results day for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said: “This week is the culmination…
#DiscoverTheDifference – A wonderful set of A-Level & BTEC students achieving a fantastic and well-deserved set of outstanding results at Haringey Sixth Form College Haringey…
The big day is almost here… Results Day! Young people all across the country will be feeling many mixed emotions from excitement to worry and…
72% of year 13 students are planning on going to university after finishing school yet almost half (44%) do not believe a degree will equip…
Ahead of A-Level results day tomorrow, Labour has today (Wednesday 14 August) announced plans to radically reform higher education admissions by scrapping university offers based…
September Is Almost Here? Anyone who has worked in FE knows just how important any, and every, September is. Will enough people come forward to…
I read at work regularly. Articles mostly, many online. Recently, a Brain Food article (from Shane Parrish’s Farnham Street) covered a system which Frank Shamrock (four-time…
The UK Government is now advising schools and colleges to concentrate more on the wellbeing and emotional resilience of students with mental health issues. £9.3…
Small and medium sized businesses across the country are being prevented from offering new apprenticeships because the levy which funds the government’s flagship skills programme…
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