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 government has published a new skills strategy as part of plans to make the system more rigorous and responsive to the country’s needs. The…
Most providers obtain good media coverage on topics as diverse as student successes, new builds, Honours List surprises and student trips. This is laudable; but…
Are you making the most of your investment in social media when it comes to using your online presence to bring more employers into your…
Doug Richard’s highly anticipated review of Apprenticeships has outlined the need to make the programme more employer focused to meet the needs of a changing…
Barclays has today opened the registration period for next year’s money skills programme for FE colleges, which aims to strengthen the financial skills and confidence…
In the past month, technical learning has come back to the forefront of education. The annual party conferences have once again generated some interesting debates,…
The conventional wisdom is that practice follows policy; strategic decisions are taken at the centre and practitioners duly implement change. On this view to understand…
Following the last of the reviews by the independent panel regarding ‘Professionalism in Further Education,’ the Institute for Learning (IfL) has praised its members for…
The world seems to love the social web these days. It’s not just individuals who are spending more time online and on the social media…
Creating groups on places like LinkedIn is easy. Perhaps it’s too easy. Someone in your organisation suggests it would be a good idea to create…
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