A decade ago, digital skills were often seen as specialist knowledge. Today, they sit alongside English and maths as essential workplace literacies. Sustainability is now...
Before our sector rushes to introduce apprenticeship quality measures, it’s time we made better use of the strongest public indicator we already have. An industry...
The UK’s labour market currently faces a growing contradiction. At the same time as businesses report persistent skills shortages, nearly a million young people aged...
As apprenticeships are, by definition, an employment-based programme, you might reasonably expect the pattern of apprenticeship starts to broadly track trends in the labour market. Having worked in the sector for over 20...
AI is beginning to shape young people’s transitions from education to work. Increasingly, career development practitioners are using large language models to support guidance sessions and for resource creation...
The Skills White Paper claims colleges have been treated as "second rate" despite impressive results compared to others. Does our misaligned quality model and music...
There is a persistent and costly misunderstanding at the heart of workforce design in Further Education. We continue to measure people against roles that were...
The quality of initial teacher training (ITT) in further education (FE) is again under review, but this time with a sharper regulatory edge. From 2026,...
At Milton Keynes, we were the first FE College Group in the country to receive the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) inspection, and I’m delighted to...
Geoffrey Hinton and I have something in common. We both studied and worked in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence department at the University of...
While Ofsted and His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons may have concerns about the progress made in improving reading in prisons, Novus’ Richard Wakelin highlights innovative…
Labour have committed to remove tax exemptions from private schools, including exemptions from VAT and relief on business rates. We estimate that this would raise…
AcadeMe, the pioneering Israeli EdTech startup, is launching AcadeMe+, an AI-driven visual learning platform that merges education with the allure of Hollywood. The solution provides…
A pioneering programme delivered by IN4 Group and backed by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to encourage interest in careers in cyber, has…
Oxford Business College have been named winners of the prestigious Nachural Summer Business Dinner & Awards 2023, attended by movers and shakers from the West…
An inspirational partnership of educators including the University of Chester has won a national teaching award. The Liverpool HEARTS project has been selected from thousands…
OceanSky Cruises, the airline of airships with a commitment to sustainable aviation, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Les Roches, one of the world’s leading…
Congratulations to Newtown College student Lily Owen for winning the Montgomeryshire Society Prize for Further Education 2023. The Montgomeryshire Society is a charitable organisation based…
The Art and Design Department at Newtown College has had lots to celebrate this year. The department has seen high numbers of visitors come to…
NPTC Group of Colleges held its annual Mental Health Conference in Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, this week. The Conference was a day of speeches and training…
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