Term has started, and colleges are still settling timetables and filling gaps in delivery. It's a good moment to look at who's teaching under subcontracted...
Adult learners are already investing in new careers; policy should turn that commitment into a connected journey from entry-level competence to higher technical progression. The...
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...
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In life the only constant is change, as Heraclitus said – one maxim that rings true for many in the FE sector. Since the announcement…
EDUCATION professionals and training providers from all over the country have been discussing challenges and opportunities facing the sector. More than 40 training providers came…
Remember the good old days in sales? All you needed was a telephone (landline, wired, of course), a pile of bought-in leads, and the confidence…
When the IPPR published their interim report “Transitions at 14” in September 2016, I was encouraged to see high quality research data which backed up…
The assessor role is changing. This changing assessor role is best demonstrated by two recent articles I read. In an article published on FE News…
This is an update to my last article on the changing role of assessors within new apprenticeships. The pointers below are based on the CPD…
A new law, known as the Baker Clause, has recently been passed in the House of Lords, which is likely to have a positive impact…
From May 1, 2017, Britain’s new Apprenticeship Levy began to be rolled out, changing the way apprenticeships are funded. It is important that all businesses required…
There are lies, damned lies and opinion polls. But the odds are stacked against any party other than the Conservatives forming a government come June…
Every organisation that is faced with upheaval will have a tendency to get bogged down in dealing with the changes, so much so that they…
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