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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Today (7 Sept), Learning and Work Institute launch “Opportunity For All“, a collection of essays by leading thinkers on increasing employment opportunities for disabled people.…
Islam is the second largest religion in the UK, with Muslim people making up around 5% of the total population. For that reason, it’s important…
Dr. Brian Marien, Founder and Director of Positive Group, specialists in evidence- based programmes to improve psychological wellbeing and build resilience enabling individuals and teams…
Who has lost out in the new Apprenticeship funding system? I was recently reminded that this time last year I wrote an article about the…
Welcome to Flashback Friday, where we take a look back through time at the 1st September in the year: 2016: Who deserves a £1,000 Apprenticeship?…
NOCN is now the number one, leading independent Apprentice Assessment Organisation (AAO) with the highest number of approvals to undertake End Point Assessment (EPA) on Apprenticeship Standards.…
In the last fortnight, more than a million GCSE and A-level students have collected their exam results and many will now be moving onto the…
Universities are under intense scrutiny and in danger of being unfairly categorised as elite, aloof and detached from individuals, communities and day-to-day challenges. In the…
Business Sense from The Leadership Team The difficulties faced by large funded training providers like First 4 Skills and learndirect is a huge blow to learners,…
Welcome to Flashback Friday 25th August, where we take a look back through time at this day in the year: 2016: Exam results: teenage anxiety…
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