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...
There are very few moments in a career when you quietly sit back and think, "We've finally got there." Last week was one of those...
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...
It seems everyone in Greater Manchester has an Andy Burnham Story. Mine starts backstage at Parklife festival in 2017. I was fortunate enough to be...
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...
“ The Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, Bill Rammell MP, has announced a new plan to change the planning and funding of…
“ A survey of apprentices has shown that the participants on schemes approved by the Government are taking home about £500 each month. The highest…
“ NATFHE, the largest union for Further Education College Lecturers, has used the delivery of the petition on FE funding to Downing Street to continue…
“ Nipping in the Bud? Speaking of competition, one would think that skilled candidates should be recruited in the first place. According to the figures…
“ Everyone stop talking about privatization, writes Daniel Wallis for FE News. Why? Because the more people talk about it as something real and definite,…
“ Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool has played host to many nights of soothing and sweet musical delight in the past, but tonight’s meeting will likely…
“ The discerning and regular readers of FE News will be well aware of the importance that is attached to languages in the workplace. The…
A group organised to reduce bureaucracy in further education and training, the Bureaucracy Review Group, have published the results of recommendations implemented in 2004 as…
“ The general picture on the skills gaps that employers complain of may be improving, but according to E Skills, the Sector Skills Council (SSC)…
“ The north east’s development agency yesterday procured a £30 million funding deal which will see it drawing closer ties with the Learning and Skills…
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