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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A new portfolio of Professional and Technical Training Provision is set to be rolled out in Northern Ireland shortly, it has been announced recently. The…
The body responsible for the national network of learndirect centres, the University for industry (Ufi), has announced a series of modifications that will change the…
Perhaps it is because the weather is cold and grey, or perhaps it is because daylight only seems to last for seven hours each day.…
With another pay strike looming ominously on the horizon, FE News has learnt of a document that looks set to add to the growing debate…
Apprenticeships have been firmly on the agenda in FE this year, with ever more ambitious targets set by the Government for more participation and training.…
Based on the principle of “he knows if you”ve been bad or good,” welcome to FE Santa’s grotto! What would you ask for within FE…
The long wait for the first comprehensive review of FE Colleges and the future of the sector finally draws to a close today with the…
Sir Andrew Foster announces his long awaited review of FE Colleges today, “REALISING THE POTENTIAL: A review of the future role of further education colleges“. The…
Who’s looking over your shoulder? Everybody, it seems, as plagiarism seems to have hit an all-time high. Only this week, the hot debut novel of…
This month’s Tomlinson report has sparked a reaction from several business associations who act as the voice of many of the UK’s businesses. Many of…
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