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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If you are looking to deliver (or prepare your apprentices) for end-point assessments in the future, you will need to get to grips with the…
Welcome to Flashback Friday 16th February, where we take a look back through time at the year: 2017: Is skills policy now too ‘employer-led’? Click…
Do you want to employ the best Trainers & Tutors? Then why not grow your own? Growing your own talent is bit like creating your own…
Last week the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) announced a very significant change in of the rules concerning the use of qualifications in apprenticeship standards. These…
With news that university loan debts have soared to over £100 billion, many students are considering apprenticeships in lieu of a traditional university degree. Currently, the…
Figures released last week by UCAS reveal that 12,400 fewer UK students have applied to go to university in September 2018, than compared to the…
Meagre is an interesting word, it means deficient in amount or quality or extent. It is a frightening word for Further Education in particular because…
In the coming weeks, we’ll be releasing a series of articles taking you through the end-point assessment methods used in new apprenticeship assessment plans, and…
Welcome to Flashback Friday 9th February, where we take a look back through time at the year: 2017: The proof that education really does pay…
Earlier this week, Learning and Work Institute hosted an event with a keynote from Robert Halfon about skills and social justice. Our analysis shows too…
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