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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The new Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers has been released (click here for more info). So what is the sector response to the RoATP? David…
Through the register, organisations that have met the criteria will deliver top-quality training for individuals and employers. The Department for Education (DfE) and the Skills Finding…
The skills funding letter is published annually and sets out the government’s funding priorities for the skills system. It includes information for the Skills Funding…
A London college has turned to a web-based management tool to secure quality assurance during a spate of strategic mergers. Over the last three years…
The recent news that that the overall achievement rate for people passing their apprenticeship has fallen has caused, quite rightly, a large amount of discussion.…
With only weeks to go before the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, the condensed timeframe for what are extremely complex and consequential changes to the…
Janette Faherty OBE Sadly on Friday 3rd March Janette Faherty OBE passed away after a short illness. Janette’s family are trying to raise money for North London hospice and have set…
Born out of the Trailblazer apprenticeships initiative, Apprentice Assessment Organisations (AAOs) will deliver the required end-point assessments (EPAs) for apprenticeships, to allow apprentices to demonstrate…
With the Chancellor’s pledge to raise investment in schools to £10 billion, to provide £500-million for the introduction of new T Levels, set aside £300m to…
Chair of the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) Paul Eeles chats about End Point Assessments and his three priorities as chair of FAB at the…
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