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...
As we move into a more positive business market, employers are considering wider aspects of job roles and the ‘softer’ skills that are required for…
There’s a lot of talk these days about individual learning and differentiation. One way of addressing this is to adapt your teaching approaches to meet…
Over the last few years the numbers in post-16 education have continued to grow, the variety of courses available expand, and the intensity of exams…
Team UK took home glory at last week’s EuroSkills competition in Lille, France, after securing nine medals in a variety of events. The group won…
As an undergraduate at Trinity College Dublin several millennia ago I was crossing Front Square on my way to the library (or it may have…
If you’ve ever watched the TV series Undercover Boss you’ll know it is about bosses that go, in incognito, into their business to see how…
Job advertising specialists FE Careers celebrated its 11 year anniversary last night with the launch of an upgraded site full of new tools and user…
More college students than ever are participating in sport, according to research showing a fifth are now taking part in physical activities. The proportion is…
Twenty members of the RAF have become the first learners to pass a Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Intelligence Analysis. The new qualification, accredited by…
There has been a lot of hand wringing and consternation about higher education and whether it needs to change in the future. The debate rages…
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