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 country’s top FE college leader has been announced as Judith Doyle, principal and chief executive of North East based Gateshead College. Judges of the…
Education is evolving at breakneck speed, propelled forward by the white heat of futuristic technologies that deliver the e-Learning experiences that we could only dream…
Government cuts have affected schools for many years, despite the fact that education is usually ‘ring-fenced’ from any reductions. The issue, of course, is that…
The recent government backing given to several new vocational qualifications for 16-19 year olds preparing for a career in the physical activity sector, has been…
Thames Valley businesses rank skills, experience and behaviour higher than qualifications, according to new research. A study of around 80 companies from the region found…
Although the employer-responsive agenda has been around for many years, the need for an organisation-wide approach appears to be more acute than ever. The external…
Electronic courseware holds immense potential, as yet relatively unexplored says Neil Georgeson of KnowledgePoint As Japanese readers now spend more on electronic books than any…
If, by analogy, you accept that hamburgers are vocational trainers and hot-dog buns are academically based vocational trainer qualifications, this seemingly nonsensical question may lead…
What do you picture when you think of a part-time worker? A bar job you had as a student? A mum balancing work and childcare?…
Louise Doyle, director at online quality improvement specialists MESMA, welcomes the latest the apprenticeship reforms but wants to see greater clarity surrounding external quality assurance…
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