The past few months have marked a significant moment for education and skills policy, with the publication of the Skills Bill, the Curriculum and Assessment...
Reasonable adjustments are designed to level the playing field, enabling individuals to thrive in the workplace. But in Further Education (FE) environments where change, collaboration,...
Successive governments have long promised to fix the UK’s skills and productivity problem. We have seen new qualifications, bootcamps and programmes in all directions. Yet, productivity...
Colleges are struggling to recruit finance leaders. The problem is not salary, it is more to do with a lack of understanding of the aspirations...
Supporting learners in FE isn’t just about academic outcomes. It is also about creating environments where every student and every member of staff feels safe,...
What we lose when learning becomes entirely online There’s no disputing the fact that we’ve made learning more accessible than ever in the last five...
Autistic people are as diverse as our country and an integral, valuable part of it. Yet they also face persistent inequalities, holding them back from...
Assessment is at a crossroads. AI is accelerating change, student needs are shifting, and colleges are being asked to deliver fairer, more flexible, more future-proofed...
Workforce planning can no longer just focus on headcount. Organisations today face unprecedented change: from the rise of automation and AI, to shifting skill demands,...
With nearly one million young people currently not in education, employment or training, a rapidly evolving labour market, and employers voicing growing concerns about the...
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The FE sector has a bolt-on problem. Sustainability gets added to curriculums, tacked onto strategies, and treated as another requirement to tick off. But what…
The Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper sends a clear message that players in the education and skills ecosystem must work together more seamlessly and…
The Education Select Committee has written to the Secretary of State for Education requesting further information about how the Government’s promised “co-creation” process for SEND…
“Who is going to lead this green revolution if not FE and skills?” It’s a direct challenge from Dr Lou Mycroft, who works with Green…
The latest ONS Labour Market information has been released for July to September 2025. Work Foundation have also looked at the latest figures on zero…
Former Education Secretary Alan Johnson calls for system that works equally for school leavers and older workers Experts are calling on the Government to do…
A new report from the Association of Colleges (AoC) and Ufi, in collaboration with Jisc (Digital baseline: exploring the use of technology in FE), calls…
There’s a paradox at the heart of the FE sector’s approach to sustainability. We need urgent action on green skills, yet the ultimate goal should…
The government’s new curriculum review is welcome, but it’s not the revolution we need. For the first time in over a decade, we’re seeing official…
The CBI has welcomed the government’s publication of the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper and its ambition to consolidate reforms that will support a…
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