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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Nick Boles has resigned as Skills Minister. Mr Boles said about his resignation: “I have greatly enjoyed my time as minister for skills and minister…
Today, Learning and Work Institute have published a new policy paper reigniting the debate around funding for lifetime learning by proposing a new system of…
Shadow Skills Minister Gordon Marsden provides some top line thoughts to the Post-16 Skills Plan that was released today: “We welcome the detailed and thoughtful…
The Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy (ESE) has concluded that inadequate careers guidance in many English schools is exacerbating skills shortages and having…
Success in business can be achieved against all odds if business ideas are well formulated The continued success of so-called ‘mumpreneurs’ is a key indicator…
Young people are being increasingly encouraged to follow an academic route through their education. Figures released last month by UCAS show that the number of…
Chris West is Project Manager – Research. Workforce Intelligence at the Education and Training Foundation. SIR Data Insights is the new free workforce data system…
One of the most significant growth areas for the active leisure sector in recent times has been the rise of outdoor fitness. Go to a…
Protocol – Excellence in FE, a leading UK further education recruitment agency is working with ‘esg’, an overseas education and training provider, to help recruit…
Do Gen Z need an ‘Experian’ of Experience? Help in preparing young people for employment often rely on overstretched advisers delivering PowerPoint, Pdf, and flipchart…
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