The promise of an AI-driven transformation has never been more pronounced. But the real shift is not what AI can do; it is what humans...
While many businesses are focused on growth, the underlying challenge is often one of efficiency. Particularly in today’s climate, where budgets are tight and hiring...
A decade ago, digital skills were often seen as specialist knowledge. Today, they sit alongside English and maths as essential workplace literacies. Sustainability is now...
Before our sector rushes to introduce apprenticeship quality measures, it’s time we made better use of the strongest public indicator we already have. An industry...
The UK’s labour market currently faces a growing contradiction. At the same time as businesses report persistent skills shortages, nearly a million young people aged...
As apprenticeships are, by definition, an employment-based programme, you might reasonably expect the pattern of apprenticeship starts to broadly track trends in the labour market. Having worked in the sector for over 20...
AI is beginning to shape young people’s transitions from education to work. Increasingly, career development practitioners are using large language models to support guidance sessions and for resource creation...
The Skills White Paper claims colleges have been treated as "second rate" despite impressive results compared to others. Does our misaligned quality model and music...
There is a persistent and costly misunderstanding at the heart of workforce design in Further Education. We continue to measure people against roles that were...
The quality of initial teacher training (ITT) in further education (FE) is again under review, but this time with a sharper regulatory edge. From 2026,...
The FE News Podcast: Education podcasts with thought leaders and senior policy experts discussing the latest education and skills news in the UK and beyond.
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Catch22Minutes, the new podcast from charity @Catch22, is now into its third episode. We discuss our first jobs, the difference between a ‘good’ first job…
Eighteen months after the first lockdown show was aired, including three seasons of the show, we are regularly scoring more than 10,000 listens and views…
Skills World Live presenter and FAB chief exec, Tom Bewick, talks about how the radio show launched as a result of the pandemic; its online success;…
To mark the launch of Edge’s new grant fund – the Edge Innovation Fund – Jane Samuels, Director of Projects and Operations at the Foundation…
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The #SkillsWorldLive Radio Show is back! In this 50-minute special the show’s presenter, Tom Bewick, asks the important question “Will the Spending Review deliver for…
After a year and half of lockdowns, schools and their students face a vast array of challenges. From mental health issues and childhood obesity to…
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