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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The days of cold, impersonal lecture halls, with rows of students diligently writing notes are numbered and the further and higher education sectors would be…
Some adults may feel that they could bring more to their role with the right knowledge and training. However, it’s possible that many people think…
I’m sure I’m far from alone when I say it’s a bit tricky concentrating on work today as we anxiously wait for kick-off in the…
On 3rd September 2018, the Department for Education’s statutory guidance, ‘Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) 2016’ will be updated. Safeguarding and duty of care…
Barely noticed or reported on, the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has released a report on the state of funding for post-school education. Not…
In the past year, the number of apprentices in England has continued to drop despite the government’s introduction of the new apprenticeship levy. As a…
There has been a great deal of change over the last few years in how we use technology in our method of training staff. Technology…
The merger between Deeside College – of which I was Chief Executive and Principal – and Yale College in Wrexham was first mooted around a…
The first in a series of sessions, designed to provide an opportunity for sector leaders to debate and share ideas on current and future FE…
Maybe you’ve heard the one about the three brickies on the building site? They’re all asked what they’re doing The first says: ‘Laying bricks’ The…
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