The funded management ladder has gone. Team Leader at Level 3, Operations Manager at Level 5, Chartered Manager at Level 6, Coaching Professional, Improvement Practitioner,...
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...
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Sam Gyimah announces subject-level TEF in value-for-money drive for students. Teaching excellence will be rewarded and poor quality teaching exposed under a new rating system for…
If you’ve had chance to look through some of the new apprenticeship assessment plans, you will see some assessment methods that are new, and others…
Education Secretary addresses the Association of School and College Leaders’ annual conference in Birmingham 10th March. I’m delighted to have this opportunity to speak directly to…
I have been waiting with interest this week to read the good practice guidance on fees. It’s something of real interest to me as back…
Management fees charged by a prime FE or skills provider should not be more than 20% of the programme funding and will generally be much…
Embarking on an apprenticeship is an excellent way for a young person to make the move into the working world. However, the apprenticeship wage leaves…
Regarding the changes to Jisc funding for FE colleges, a Jisc spokesperson said: “The Department for Education has confirmed that it intends to change how…
58% of employers feel middle and senior managers would be unwilling to be seen as an apprentice, despite apprenticeships being a key source of training…
The 11th National Apprenticeship Week is taking place from the 5 – 9 March 2018 in celebration of apprenticeships in England. The theme of this…
We have now been working with end test assessment organisations for over 21/2 years. It has been an interesting journey and one where we have needed…
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