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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Launched in 2017, the Apprenticeship Levy was created as a means to provide vital funding to help upskill employees. Whilst the intentions and logic behind…
During my career in banking I have often heard the phrase “banks are just tech companies with a balance sheet”. Whilst this has an element…
As a society we are becoming increasingly aware of mental health issues and the impact they have on all aspects of our lives. As the CEO…
The NHS has labelled the issue of addressing mental health among young people as ‘in crisis’, as the support available fails to keep pace with the…
All employers in England to have better access to buy high quality apprenticeships. Small and medium sized businesses, who don’t pay the Apprenticeship Levy, will…
It has been a busy month so far for the funding team, as we work our way through the current round of funding band reviews…
Ofsted’s New Inspection Arrangements: Inspecting the substance of education Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, launched a consultation on proposals for the 2019 education inspection framework at…
“Future Talent is important for the most obvious but deep of reasons: because the collective flourishing and success of the nation depends on properly mining…
Sixth form and college funding declines by 16% in real terms – double the rate of schools. A new report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI)…
Lord Sainsbury of Turvill speaking at the Engineers in Business Fellowship Annual Dinner (8 May): I always enjoy being at the Sainsbury Management Fellows’ Annual Dinner…
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