The apprenticeship sector in England has spent much of the last decade focused on delivery, quality and employer engagement. The next phase is likely to...
For decades, young people have been encouraged to see vocational routes as alternatives to success rather than central to it. Yet at this very moment,...
The 2026-2027 WISE Prize for Education invites education innovators to turn boldideas into real‑world impact. As someone deeply engaged in improving learning outcomes and advancing...
It’s been a couple of weeks since the Milburn report was published, and I like everyone have been digesting the report and the analysis. Like a well-trained student,...
Britain’s NEET crisis is no longer a warning sign; it is a structural failure. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures (Jan-March 2026) estimate...
Across further and higher education, widening participation has become one of the defining policy priorities of the past two decades. Institutions have rightly focused on...
Young people today are entering a world in upheaval. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, record-breaking temperatures, and the accelerating rise of AI is...
According to the latest ONS labour market data, youth unemployment has hit 14.7%. That means one in seven young people looking for work can't find...
I was delighted to work with colleagues at FE News’ Breaking Barriers event on a construction job. We worked to take apart the youth employment...
For too long, the national conversation around success has treated university as the default route into a professional career. Yet across the UK, thousands of...
This week: Work-based learning including Kwik-Fit and Network Rail Network Rail, Gosport, Hampshire Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity…
Final call for technology innovators Entries for the Next Generation Learning Awards 2009 close on 31 July With…
Man and Machine Limited, a value added distributor in the digital design community, today launched survey results that reveal a stark warning to the Government…
KTP funding has been awarded to online education recruiter eteach.com to develop a unique end-to-end recruitment service for the education sector in conjunction with Oxford…
Unionlearn, the TUC’s learning and skills organisation,will re-launch its network of learning centres which work in partnership with learndirect as U-Net, in Cambridgeshire and Essex…
This week: Royal National College for the Blind receives good report. Royal National College for the Blind, Hereford Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good:…
This week: Nelson and Colne College outstanding in June reports. Chesterfield College, Chesterfield Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good:Grade 2 Capacity to…
In my last column I wrote in anticipation of our annual unionlearn conference, which took place in June. But thanks to having the event live…
The Baring Asia Private Equity Fund IV L.P. said it has agreed a 460 pence per share recommended cash offer for Nord Anglia Education Plc.…
The nomination of Hereford Royal National College for the Blind as one of the sites for the 2012 Paralympics has been received somewhat sceptically by…
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