100,000 placements is a welcome start. Who helps young people get to day one? In thirty-five years working in careers guidance, I have watched a...
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...
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The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) today announced the appointment of Sir Frank McLoughlin, CBE, as its new Associate Director for Leadership. Frank McLoughlin is…
The DfE have responded to Jill Whittaker’s article from last week titled: Levy Announcement raises more questions than answers A Department for Education spokesperson said in…
Today is A-Level results day. This is traditionally the day when main stream media show pictures of students looking happy waving their results papers. This…
The long awaited report on the Apprenticeship Levy funding has now been released. The government today (12 August 2016) published proposals for a new funding model…
Jonathan Freeman joins The Careers and Enterprise Company from Mosiac. Jonathan is joining as a Senior Adviser on Mentoring following the launch of a £12million…
Teresa May’s swift accession to power has brought with it a raft of changes at the highest echelons of the Conservative party. With only five…
New figures released today from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that there are now 9.4 million continuing to work between the ages…
Ofsted Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw gave a speech at the Baker Dearing UTC (University Technical Colleges) annual conference today (21 July). Wilshaw, who has…
The employment rate in the UK is now at a record high of 74.4% and the unemployment rate is at its lowest in over 10…
Damian Green, the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has today welcomed the department’s new ministerial team. The new team at the Department…
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