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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It’s not unusual to be thinking about getting a fresh start in January when it comes to work and your career. Happens to the best…
The FE Commissioner has recently written to all chairs and principals of further education colleges setting out his views on the area of quality improvement.…
Half of women would consider not having children because of the risk it might pose to their career, according to a new study. The survey,…
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has published a governance document setting out how and to whom further education colleges are accountable. As the…
With policy and commercial developments firmly focused on ‘big data’ and all that entails, I was interested to come across quite a few sessions and…
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) has called for everyone to be given the chance to participate in the UK’s increasingly digital society,…
More than four in five 14-16 year olds have thought about future job options but nearly half say formal careers advice has either not been…
The Institute for Learning’s non-executive board has called on the professional body to close and hand itself over to the Education and Training Foundation because…
FE is not immune to Tribunal claims. Whether they come from disgruntled lecturers or churlish caretakers, Colleges get their fair share of Tribunal claims. So…
An 18-month inquiry has warned that UK teachers are falling behind their international counterparts because of a lack of coherent training throughout their careers. The…
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