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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“I’m no good with maths” “Maths just isn’t my strong point” “I don’t do maths!” How often have you heard statements like this –…
Governments around the world have set out specific health and safety guidelines to ensure that businesses are operating with the wellbeing of their employees in…
Deemed to be a national crisis by some industry experts and costing the UK economy £1.5 billion a year according to a report published in…
This year we may see national tech companies, such as Apple, Microsoft and Google, working together with the UK’s education system to ensure our graduates…
Written to respond to ‘Qualifications Wales (Monetary Penalties) Regulations: Correcting Misconceptions’ published on 24 January 2019: We welcome the responsive manner in which Qualifications Wales…
Almost one hundred delegates from across the country attended attended South Eastern Regional College’s (SERC) Driving Social and Economic Change Conference on Thursday 24 January at…
It can’t have escaped your attention that further education is undergoing a major shift towards workplace learning. Locally and nationally, we’re experiencing widening skills gaps…
Written to correct any misconceptions contained in the article, ‘Qualifications Wales: the penalty cap has to fit’ published on 22 January 2019. As the regulator our…
ONS have released the latest Apprenticeships and Traineeships statistics this morning (24 Jan) showing that there has been an overall fall in the number of…
Mismatch between career aspirations and labour market demand could undermine fourth industrial revolution #4IR The mismatch between children’s career aspirations and labour market demand could undermine…
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