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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These are challenging and confusing times for graduates trying to find meaningful employment in today’s workplace and for their parents. The same goes for experienced…
The ‘Cold Feet’ Epidemic Sweeping Recruitment Research by staffing firm Robert Half has found that ‘more than a quarter of workers have backed out of…
A new framework for assuring the quality of apprenticeship assessments We at the Institute know that end-point assessment is of huge importance to apprenticeships. It…
I am pleased to announce the launch of @BoltonCollege’s #VoiceFirst app on the #iOS App Store. Huge thanks to the @UfiTrust for funding and supporting…
Apprenticeship reform The Government embarked on reform of apprenticeships in 2013 with the objective of providing young people and re-skilling adults with an apprenticeship programme…
Having a go at new activities and learning from failure boosts character and resilience, Education Secretary Damian Hinds announced last month. A new advisory group…
What’s the point of TEF? Many universities will be making some noise about their TEF results, announced recently, and quite rightly so. We certainly are…
As the government concedes it has broken its promise to hit three million apprenticeships starts by 2020*, youth employment charity Leadership Through Sport & Business claimed last…
EDUCATION SYSTEM LEAVING YOUNG PEOPLE UNPREPARED FOR MODERN WORLD Character and broader skills need greater emphasis in education Almost one in four young people (aged…
The Department for Education has set out its objectives and how it will deliver them. Post-16 and skills Lead ministers The Rt Hon Anne Milton MP,…
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