Young people not in education, employment or training have often missed out on opportunities to develop essential employment skills. The Nuffield Foundation has launched a...
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...
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The times are interesting as well as uncertain. Money is tight and likely to get tighter which means that departmental belt-tightening and staffing cuts could…
A public sector research board is needed to lift services from the dark ages and address social and economic issues, an eminent academic has urged.…
Two thirds of young Britons fear their long-term job prospects have been robbed by the recession, new research reveals. According to the the latest Youth…
Manchester’s Loreto Sixth Form College has picked up one of the sector’s most prestigious education awards. The college has been awarded the Association of Colleges’…
Martin Doel, chief executive of the Association of Colleges (AoC), rushed to give evidence to the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee today in an…
With QCF promising a “brave new world” for the sector, providers are being encouraged to contribute to a Good Practice Guide being drawn up by…
Train to Gain targets were “unrealistically ambitious” and the government initiative to boost employees’ skills has been “mismanaged” since its launch in 2006, the Public…
A fundamental change in teaching and learning is needed as the UK’s education system faces a rapidly changing, globalised world, warns a documentary being launched…
Consumers are just as likely to use a business offering Apprenticeships to young people as those holding fair trade agreements with suppliers, reveals a YouGov…
Only 0.02 per cent of FE staff declare they have a mental health condition, according to research suggesting it is still taboo for many in…
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