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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Most people in provider organisations who promote programmes to employers have tales to tell about the proposals they’ve made, that somehow didn’t turn into business. “It…
Part-time FE staff whose salary is below the recently increased personal allowance threshold of £7,475 will be entitled to pay IfL’s concessionary membership fee, the…
Alison Wolf’s review into vocational education, commissioned by Education Secretary Michael Gove, analyses how students between 14 to 16 years old are encouraged to undertake…
It’s all very well producing a set of procedures and flow charts to show how you manage relationships with employers, but do those systems work?…
John Hayes, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, has announced a new National Skills Academy (NSA) for Environmental Technologies. The new…
The Institute for Learning (IfL) has brought out a second review, outlining the fact that the majority of its members are doubling the minimum number…
There’s been a lot of news coverage about Mega Monday, Manic Monday or Cyber Monday this week. In case you missed it, the Monday in…
The Government’s new strategy for skills, Skills for Sustainable Growth, and its sister publication, Investing in Skills for Sustainable Growth, have been announced by the…
Many providers produce e-newsletters for employers. Some providers produce them monthly, some quarterly. One or two providers produce weekly or fortnightly updates. However, few providers…
How can expenditure on new technology be justified in the current financial climate? It can if it provides a rapid return on investment and helps…
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