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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As part of National Apprenticeship Week, we spoke to Marcus Westmooreland about his experience as an apprentice at Jackson & Green Accountants: Marcus began his…
Mental Health is a common topic on today’s news agenda, but perhaps one that’s not addressed enough when it comes to university students. Today (7…
Deepak Poria, General Manager APAC at Dynama, explains how winning companies competitive advantage look inside their organisation to attract, recruit and retain the best talent…
The NAO has updated its report on Apprenticeships in England. Overall it’s finding are not dramatic but it’s long term effects are likely to be…
EMPLOYERS are now in the driving seat to get on the right road to the specific training they need for their apprentices. As the number…
Apprenticeship Week is all about promoting different routes into careers. Apprenticeships have the advantage of being able to be tailored to an employer and the…
The National Audit Office (NAO) is right to identify the long-term financial sustainability of the apprenticeship programme as a key issue that the government must…
Alistair Jarvis, Chief Executive of Universities UK, has set out five tests against which recommendations from the upcoming publication of the Augar review should be…
Alfreton-based Gowercroft Joinery is recognised by the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) as one of its many members who are champions of National Apprentice Week (March…
The fourth industrial revolution is in full swing. Yet schools and universities continue to follow their nineteenth century formulae. Revolutions in the realm of economics…
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