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...
Comment pieces, exclusive and non-exclusive featured content, corporate blogs, speech transcripts, and sector reactions.
Degree Apprenticeships at the open university are relatively new. We’re entering our third year of developing Degree Apprenticeships, working in partnership with a whole range…
In a speech made at the Royal Aeronautical Society, Baroness Vere of Norbiton discusses engineering and education: Good morning everyone. It’s a real pleasure to join you…
In the apprenticeship sector, everyone’s always talking about completion rates. They’re agenda items, in the news, and in Ofsted reports. And because of this, timely completions are an…
Phil Beach CBE, Executive Director for Vocational and Technical Qualifications, Ofqual addresses the AELP Annual Conference, London, 25 June 2019 I’m delighted to be here to talk…
Great session this morning on Inclusive Skills, hosted by our CEO Lucy Dunleavy and a talk by MP @AnneMilton on day two of the #AELPAnnual19…
The significant and welcome focus on Further Education and the sector’s workforce from the Augar Review of Post-18 Education and Funding on 30 May 2019…
Generation Z, or the post-digital generation, were those who were born roughly between the mid 1990s and 2010. Unlike the baby boomers, this generation grew…
The ONVU Learning team has recently enjoyed several intense days of conversations with senior school leaders and Multi-Academy Trust CEOs at the Inspiring Leadership Conference…
To get the most from learning online and ensuring that you remember, and can apply, your learning long term there are a number of things…
Lord Agnew spoke to attendees at the Festival of Education at Wellington College on 20 July, 2019. He delievered the following speech on behalf of…
Please confirm you want to block this member.
You will no longer be able to:
Please allow a few minutes for this process to complete.
