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...
Have some of your employees walked through your organisation’s door on their first day of work full of (excuse the literature analogy) ‘Great Expectations’, only…
The rise of digital technology has led to huge developments in how both academic and vocational courses are delivered, with educators at all levels looking…
Reducing budgets and VAT inequity vis a vis schools and sixth forms is now an established matter of fact. So how can providers balance their…
When pupils are disaffected with education, feeling hopeless about their future and struggling to revise, the fast approaching exam season is an especially stressful time…
So according to the recent Demos Commission on Apprenticeships research it appears that everyone loves apprenticeships. Except they don’t when it comes to their own…
As colleges and independent training providers across the country come to terms with the latest round of cuts to the adult skills budget, it’s interesting…
The political race is on with the election in about 6 weeks. The economy, the NHS and immigration seem to be taking centre stage for…
The government has announced plans to introduce a new Apprenticeship voucher system by Autumn 2017 that will give employers a discount on any training they…
The phrase Labour Market Information (LMI) is perhaps not the sort of phrase that is likely to get people excited. In fact, I can well…
It’s been a long time coming, but mental health is now firmly on the agenda. Campaigns such as ‘It’s time to talk’ have begun to…
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