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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Fewer than one in four young people with autism progress on to any form of education or training after school. This means they miss out…
Gatekeepers screen your application to look for keywords to see if you are suitable for a role. Here is a tip on how to use…
The media have recently reported on a tribunal case involving a member of staff at a public boarding school in Kent who resigned from her…
Advice on Assessor CPD Training from Sam Sleight from Brooks and Kirk: Whether you are a newly qualified assessor or someone who has been assessing…
The government is proposing wide-sweeping reforms of the law on industrial action. Although the Trade Union Bill has just closed its consultation stage, it is…
Sak Awan from S Knight Recruitment shares his Top 5 tips for writing a CV: The Employability and Skills sector is an ever changing industry.…
My last article was based on the role of external quality assurers, this month I’ll talk about quality assurance with a focus on internal quality…
England and Wales lag behind competitor nations in the proportion of people with higher technical skills. In his pamphlet “Raising productivity by improving higher technical…
NIACE was the main advocacy body for adult learning in England and Wales and probably the largest body devoted to adult education in the world. On 1 January 2016…
The route to becoming a teacher in Further Education is an ever-changing terrain, often shrouded in mystery or seen as an unrealistic aspiration. In light…
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