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...
Stephen Carrick-Davies, a presenter at this week’s Youth Employment Convention, explains how the Facework project is helping young people understand what the world of work…
All businesses have to utilise technology in order to survive. The expectation that an employee must be able to use and utilise technology is as…
Proposed funding reforms will likely cut Apprenticeship opportunities for young people during the next Parliament, a leading trade body has warned. The government has been…
Apprenticeships are being rediscovered as an efficient and effective means of getting people to work in jobs that are already available. Over 4 million jobs…
Ofsted has launched an online tool for employers to rate FE and skills providers as it calls on businesses to get more involved in the…
Recently published figures showing the take up of 24+ advanced learning loans in their first year show potentially substantial under-spend in the budget, according to…
Local authority-controlled Scape will launch a new product next week to help the education sector upgrade existing buildings rather than resorting to costly new builds.…
If something is clever, Brits say “brilliant.” But when something is really clever or outstanding, the phrase becomes “absolutely brilliant.” America’s community colleges ARE absolutely…
Qualifications regulator Ofqual has vowed to introduce tougher GCSEs and A-levels over the next two years to ensure more school leavers are ready for employment.…
India is rolling out a major reform programme with regard to its skills development policy and is investing heavily (at both national and state level)…
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