The most important word in apprenticeships is not achievement. That is not about diminishing the importance of completion or success. Achievement matters. It signals that...
In the second part of our special feature for FE News to mark Youth Employment Week, Alison Morris, Director of Policy at Skills Federation brings...
There is growing evidence that sustainability is moving from a specialist function into mainstream business operations Employers are increasingly seeking professionals who combine technical business...
This is Part Two of three on children, social media and the ban. The government is introducing legislation to bar children from the platforms. It...
When Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham walks into Number 10- be that Downing Street or the ‘Number 10 of the north’ in Manchester- what should his...
The idea that a career in research is becoming obsolete is easy to understand. It is also wrong, but not for the reasons you might expect. Behind the debate about research careers lies a more...
It’s Youth Employment Week, and in a special feature for FE News, Alison Morris, Director of Policy at Skills Federation brings together members Adrian Wookey,...
Aspiring marketers are set to enter the industry at a challenging, but exciting time. Competition for jobs may only become greater, with the recent Milburn...
Picture this. A member of your teaching staff is three weeks into a formal performance improvement process. Observations have been graded as requiring improvement. You...
This is Part One of three on the under-sixteen social media ban: how we got here, whether it is right and what comes next. On...
Bosses across the UK have pledged to train their staff to improve the prospects of their company in the wake of the economic downturn. The…
The contribution of past and present learners studying at further education colleges was roughly £28 billion in added income to the national economy in 2006/07…
It is now less that two weeks before the national Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) STAR Awards ceremony, which takes place in London on…
Alan Clarke, sector engagement manager for the Lifelong Learning UK-led Catalyst Programme, has warned of the need to curb a possible skills crisis as a…
The number of job seekers using FEcareers.co.uk, the specialist recruitment website, has rocketed by 148% in just six months, after its biggest web development since…
The Train to Gain programme is successfully motivating employees in the workplace, and giving them the opportunity to gain nationally recognised qualifications, according to a…
Robert Lynch, the chief executive of Ruskin Private Hire and its training arm Robust Training, has introduced an ambitious investment programme to deliver high quality…
Nottinghamshire Training Network, Nottingham Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Satisfactory: Grade 3 Capacity to improve Satisfactory: Grade 3 Achievement and standards Satisfactory: Grade…
Leading suppliers have expressed their support for a Government-backed bid to make it easier for colleges and schools to use interactive whiteboards. Becta has announced…
According to Ofsted research, school workforce reforms that have seen the introduction of staff from a wider range of backgrounds, skills and life experiences are…
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