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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It appears that HMRC is reviewing the contractual arrangements with subcontractors to ensure all FE providers are complying with VAT rules on management fees. Sub-contracting is…
For many, the concept of end-point assessment is still new. The independent nature of the assessor’s role is new, the concept of grading is new,…
Sir Gerry Berragan talks about the first 10 months of the Institute for Apprenticeships at the 27 February 2018 Ofqual Conference: So I’ve titled my talk ‘The…
Sally Collier’s keynote speech from the 27 February 2018 Ofqual Conference. Good morning everyone. Thank you all very much for coming from far and wide to…
It’s not often you’re asked to speak before the Prime Minister does on the topic of Brexit, especially in a week of big EU speeches.…
Committee urges action in wake of apparent special treatment given to ‘inadequate’ further education provider. With the collapse of Carillion, questions are rightly being asked…
Luke Menzies, barrister and solicitor, specialising in employment law for the Further Education sector, talks about taking an innovative approach to appointing lawyers and the…
The Office for Students (OfS), has officially published their new regulatory framework at their launch conference in Westminster today (28 Feb). The document, “Securing student success: Regulatory framework…
Schools will receive £600 for every additional pupil who takes an advanced maths qualification, helping to ensure Britain has skills for success in the future. During…
The Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) has recently widened its definition of when it will allow mandatory qualifications to be part of a new apprenticeship standard. …
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