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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Reacting to the announcement by the University and College Lecturers” Union (NATFHE) that their membership had voted to strike over lecturers” pay, the Association of…
The Director of Strategy and Communications for the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), Rob Wye, has responded to the comments from sector stakeholders on the…
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The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) which is the body responsible for the strategy of apportioning the Further Education budget, has responded to the recent…
Udo Onwere explains to FE News how the PFA supported him in his decision to retrain as a lawyer “If you”re not sure where to…
The estimated 175,000 deaf and hard of hearing people living in the Black Country will soon be able to access a better standard of care…
With more than 30 million people expected to attend a football league match this season, NCFE, one of the UK’s leading qualification providers, is now…
Following the launch of the main political parties” manifestos last week, the Association of Colleges has released its” own manifesto. Further Education has become a…
As the Foster Review is published, the Association of Colleges (AoC) welcomed it as a “thoughtful, perceptive and comprehensive” project. The Review, conducted with openness…
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