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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More parents in the UK want to see their child undertake an apprenticeship than a university degree, according to new research by the Federation of…
This article explores the current and potential use of voice first services on the campus; otherwise known as conversational services or chatbots. In Bolton College’s…
Embedding digital tools at the heart of our interactions Last time I wrote I was reflecting on how it is natural for the National Careers…
The introduction of End-Point Assessments (EPA), the ‘exam’ taken by apprentices at the end of their training, is arguably the single most important change to…
Focus on pay in the education sector has increased significantly in recent years. As well as more general legislation bringing in gender pay gap reporting,…
Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week, (4th – 8th March), we talk to Deborah Edmondson, Early Talent Director at Cohesion Recruitment, for her advice on guiding…
Chris Skidmore spoke at Nottingham Trent University outlining his priority to drive improvements in access and participation in higher education: I am delighted to be…
This morning (28 Feb) DfE published their Apprenticeships and levy statistics: February 2019. Positive take outs from the publication: There have been 192,100 apprenticeship starts on…
That’s why Havant & South Downs College Higher Education Manager, Dom Thompson, encourages his colleagues to stay ‘research active’, and reminds others that it’s not as…
Unstructured data tends to be human-generated and people-oriented content – such as emails, reports, spreadsheets, medical records, in addition to data created by the Internet…
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