The new Burnham led government has only been in power for a couple of months but it has already done enough to indicate that it...
I read three things recently that felt worth pulling together, if only to highlight them rather than fully make sense of them. The first was...
V Levels could offer something the post-16 system badly needs: greater flexibility for young people who want vocational learning without having to specialise as early...
Recently, while on safari in Mauritius, I found myself staring at a zebra and thinking about autism, which is perhaps not the most conventional response...
Experience isn't enough to make graduates employable. Why experience must be designed by providers to be in line with the government's skills reforms, rather than...
The UK will need hundreds of thousands of new construction workers in the coming years to meet demand for housing, infrastructure and clean energy projects....
The debate about whether AI belongs in education is rapidly becoming redundant. The more important question is what education does now that AI is already...
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...
“ UK research will increasingly become “insular in outlook” if the decline in language learning is not halted. The British Academy has warned that Britain’s…
“ The experienced staff at Newcastle College face a troubled time with the revelation that several have been sent notices of dismissal by College Principal…
“ The new subject of “citizenship” was the brainchild of former Secretary for Education and Employment David Blunkett. Its introduction was controversial and it has…
“ This month saw the opening ceremony for Filton College’s new West of England Institute of Specialist Education (WISE) vocational campus, with Ruth Kelly MP,…
“ The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has released a report that finds the key reason for young people leaving education has been the chance…
“ Doctor John Capey, the Chairman of the Institute of Assessors and Verifiers (IAV) has criticised the unequal pay levels within the FE sector, claiming…
“ The increasing problem of low levels of language skills in the workforce is one of the themes for the CILT Conference in Bedford next…
“ In the second part of this series, FE News reporter Sara Hashash looks at the findings of Ofsted’s Race Relations report, presenting an analysis…
“ Coleg Llandrillo Cymru has been praised after the Welsh college was handed excellent ratings by inspectors from Estyn (Her Majestys Inspectorate for Education and…
“ A free mentoring service for managers is being offered by the Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL) as part of its drive to establish…
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