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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Babington CEO, Carole Carson, discusses how businesses, and not just apprentices, need to adapt their approach to the workplace: Young people haven’t got the right…
The gig economy is rapidly growing as many companies employ this new business model and workers search not just for employment but for flexibility too.…
Stephen Spriggs, founder and MD of the leading London Education Consultancy, shared his thoughts this week in a new statement, following the firm’s appearance at…
Student mental health is a ticking time-bomb according to leading psychotherapist Noel McDermott who believes it crucial that we break down the stigma of mental…
Mums and Dads struggle to make the grade in GCSE science quiz. Parents often say “exams were harder in my day”, but do they really…
According to the Department of Education’s 2017/18 learner satisfaction survey, overall satisfaction with all Further Education (FE) providers has fallen by nearly 2% compared to…
This week we saw A Level and BTEC results released this week, entries into STEM subjects continue to rise and we have a budding bunch of Mathletes…
Today (16 Aug) marks the first results of 12 more reformed A Levels, following the introduction of the first reformed exams last year. Under these…
Many young people will be opening their exam results with some breathing a sense of relief or others taking a sharp intake of breath knowing…
A Last-Minute Guide for Clearing Students. The number of students going through the clearing method year-on-year has been steadily increasing, with a 100% growth rate…
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