In 2026 the job market feels uncertain for many people entering the workforce. The UK unemployment rate has risen to a near five-year high. At...
Rising youth unemployment highlights growing complexity for practitioners. This article explores how recent reforms, system challenges and frontline insight shape what’s needed to support young...
Skills shortages in construction are not a new problem. For at least ten years, we have been grappling with this issue, and the CITB is...
The need for a third post-16 Level 3 pathway, providing a middle ground between A Levels and T Levels, has long been clear. The dual-track...
Could you get a hot meal for £2.61? That’s what the government are expecting colleges to do by freezing the funding for free meals for the poorest students. The reality...
The Department for Education has now published more of its policy decisions that shape the future for technical qualifications at Level 3 and below in...
In this article, Dr Lucy Atkinson, Director of the Centre for Academic Persistence at Arden University, explores if, and how, providers can use gamification to...
As the workplace continues to evolve at pace, one thing is clear: our skills system needs to keep up. The government’s recent announcement of V...
Each year, thousands of young people leave school and face their first real decision about their future in an economy increasingly shaped by digital technology...
Vicki Stokes, Head of the School of Education at the University of Sunderland, has shared how she thinks the Government’s recently released Schools White Paper:...
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 830: 17th January 2026 | The Inclusion Reality Check: Are You Ofsted Ready? This is the weekly e-newsletter and e-journal…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 829: 10th January 2026. Why Do English Employers Pay 2.5x More for Apprentices compared to Germany or Austria? This is…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 828: 20th December 2025. Last Soundbite of 2025: Mayors, Milburn and Major Welfare Reform This is the weekly e-newsletter and…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 827: 13th December 2025. What Is Green Confetti and Why Do You Need A Playbook? | FE Soundbite Edition 827…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 826: 6th December 2025. Would A Skills Passport, Or Try Before You Buy Training, Bridge Employability and Skills Gaps? This…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 825: 29th November 2025. How do we create and design V Levels, to be Valued Levels? This is the weekly…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 824: 21st November 2025. NEETs Drop By 2,000, House of Lords Backs FE For Social Mobility: Will The Chancellor Also…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 823: 15th November 2025. Milburn, Mayfield and Timms: Why Are They So Important To The FE, Skills And Employability Sector?…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 822: 8th November 2025. How Do We Keep Britain Working: When Economic Inactivity Due to Ill Health Costs the UK…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 821: 1st November 2025. What is a Green Mindset? … and how can you be one of the 3% that…
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