Andy Burnham's call to put technical education at the heart of the national conversation is a welcome one. His proposal to expand technical pathways and...
Today, thousands of our learners across the country will open their Level 3 and T Level results and take another important step on their career...
Results day is the starting point – not the finish line: how parents and carers can support young people this summer For many families, results...
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Andy Burnham means business. Two weeks into the job, the new Prime Minister has promised to end rough sleeping, fix social care, cap energy bills...
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Employers understand the need for skills. They experience recruitment pressures, changing technology and gaps in workforce capability directly. What many understand less clearly, is how...
The Breaking Barriers report is absolutely right to focus on building more bridges into work for young people and moving the debate away from cliff...
On Tuesday last week, the Prime Minister announced plans to put technical education on an equal footing with academic study. There was more focus on...
In the first three months of 2026, the number of young people in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEETs) passed...
“ At a conference in Huddersfield today, writes Jethro Marsh for FE News, the Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, Bill…
“ If we are to listen to the various descriptions of FE, writes Jethro Marsh for FE News, then we end up being faced with…
“ With so many reports on employer participation in training and statistics on employer satisfaction with FE flying about, it is easy to forget that…
“ Cue deep, throaty voice in a distinctly US accent”¦ “¦In the year 2006, FE colleges around the country were coming to a cataclysmic end.…
“Stephen Gardner, Director of Apprenticeships at the Learning and Skills Council writes exclusively for FE News, to encourage further education colleges to ensure individuals learn…
“At a critical moment in his premiership Harold Wilson once said: “a week in politics can be a long time”. By contrast the first year…
“A simple accreditation process could protect Scotland’s further education sector from bogus “colleges” masquerading as fully-qualified institutions.The Association for Scotland’s Colleges (ASC) last week called…
“Construction Learning World (CLW), has grown dramatically since it launched four years ago to become the leading provider of NVQs for the construction industry. This…
“Full details of the first five qualifications which will be delivered as the new Diplomas from September 2008 are published by the QCA today.The diplomas,…
“My name is Bill Ahearne and I work for the CLARET Centre in Rastrick. The wrong side of 45 and with mainly a technical background,…
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