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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West Midlands Local Authorities come together to tackle the Apprenticeship Levy. Eleven local Councils have joined forces to tackle and navigate their way through the…
Tech Nation 2018 reports that the tech industry is expanding 2.6 times faster than the rest of the UK economy. Digital transcends traditional industry boundaries;…
The government has announced a package of reforms to ensure the Apprenticeship Levy provides people with the skills they need to succeed. In his speech…
Association of Colleges is the national voice for further education, sixth form, tertiary and specialist colleges in England. We represent almost 95% of colleges –…
Education Secretary Damian Hinds has today (2 October) announced a series of new education and skills measures to make sure every child has access to a…
For months now, Brexit has been soaking up all the political oxygen in the UK, so, you can imagine my excitement when I saw “Apprenticeship…
As hundreds of thousands of young people continue to ponder their next move post A Levels, national training provider System Group is urging many to…
Apprenticeships should be available through UCAS-style application system, sixth-formers say: A new study, by education marketing consultancy GK and Partners, claims three-quarters (75%) of sixth-formers would consider…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition #463 We hope you had a great week. Team UK are away in Budapest, Hungary for EuroSkills… so we wish…
FutureLearn, the online social learning platform owned by The Open University, has today published new research revealing that employees’ chances of promotion and securing a…
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