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...
Capita’s Nigel Rayner looks at how different further education colleges are using mobile technology to attract and retain students as well as boost their grades.…
Starting a business from scratch is challenging enough but add in the additional obstacle of youth and it can be hard to be taken seriously.…
In recent months I have been approached by a number of people in the education sector about the digital journey we have taken at Reading…
Ever been in a bad relationship with a good person? It’s all gone sour, but you can just about remember why you fell in love…
In the UK there has always been the unshakable perception that the public and private sectors are very distinct from each other, that each requires…
The Conservatives have been voted into power in an election result that saw the leaders of Labour, the Liberal Democrats and UKIP stand down from…
In March Working Knowledge hosted the Opening Doors to employment with Study Programmes forum, sponsored by the Department for Education. The forum was an opportunity…
City & Guilds surveyed more than 100 operational staff in independent training providers and work-based learning units in FE colleges to uncover digital best practice.…
Nearly two million people study in an FE college each year. In fact, more young people study in FE colleges than in school sixth forms and…
It is around this time of year that Colleges are busy preparing and polishing budgets and forecasts for next academic year. With a Government Budget…
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