While the headlines this year have gone to pathways and funding, the deepest apprenticeship reform is happening in a corner of the system most commentary...
Ten academic years ago, I wrote for FE News about challenging stereotypes, inspired by the late MP Jo Cox. As another academic year begins, I...
Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). That’s a grim milestone that’s only marginally dropped in the latest quarter according to the ONS....
“Employers are far more likely to engage when they believe the organisation contacting them understands the commercial environment in which they operate.” We cannot solve...
The financial pressures facing UK higher education have reached a point where we need to ask a more fundamental question: is the problem simply that universities...
Higher and degree apprenticeships should be one of the most powerful drivers of social mobility. They offer the chance to earn while learning, gain real...
The hiring and recruitment space is experiencing more change than ever before. Just under a million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are now out...
Last week brought a welcome signal that the government is ready to rethink GCSE maths resits. Education Secretary Lucy Powell acknowledged that failing to get...
In a few short weeks, tens of thousands of young people fresh from receiving their A-level and BTEC results will head off to university to...
As August draws to a close, Further Education settles into a particular rhythm. INSET days land in the final week of the month, enrolment week...
The debate about the potential benefits and impact of moving towards more online learning for our students continues. The FE sector as a whole is…
When I was invited to write an article for FE News, I accepted immediately, but then I was left in a quandary as to what…
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” said Benjamin Franklin. Sadly he missed one other certainty: Ofsted. Ofsted.…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) analysts have recently suggested that UK nations have the biggest skills gaps between young people who are…
We should never underestimate the radical nature of the Further and Higher Education Act of 1992. This legislation set up colleges as stand-alone institutions with…
With FE funding becoming increasingly challenging for colleges there is a considerable need to provide a superb learning experience and at the same time be…
Forty years ago I signed up to study an A Level in English Literature at my local FE College. I liked reading, but I wasn’t…
Over the past decade Edge has championed the importance and benefits of high quality technical, practical and vocational education and training, seeking a closer alignment…
A selection of responses from leaders in the FE and Skills sectors to the Queen’s speech today: Stewart Segal, chief executive of the Association of…
A selection of responses from leaders in the FE and Skills sectors to the Queen’s speech today: Stewart Segal, chief executive of the Association of…
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