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...
Budget reductions are still high on the agendas of the college staff I meet and work with. The magnitude of cuts being imposed on colleges…
Education is quite different now compared with back in 2014. Like most public spaces, the college building is more like a community hub. A multi-functional…
The Government pledged £190 million in new funding to boost Apprenticeships as part of its 2014 Budget. George Osborne, the chancellor, outlined £170 million for…
If the “ultimate” value that we are striving to achieve is about creating prosperity – in economic terms “better Gross Value Added” (GVA) by a…
Earlier this month, the Education and Training Foundation held a two day Board residential at Chesterfield College. We are committed to meeting at various venues…
Computeach released findings on the top 50 emerging techie towns and cities in the UK today to gain more insight into the nation’s interest and involvement…
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has announced plans to streamline the adult skills system by cutting funding to more than 5,000 “low value” qualifications. The government…
The education sector is one of the major beneficiaries of government expenditure globally and the third largest area of government spending in the UK. Structural…
Pub retailer and brewer Greene King has vowed to recruit more than 2,000 apprentices over the next 12 months as it expands the qualifications on…
Ground-breaking videoed and signed materials for deaf teacher trainees have been developed at the City Literary Institute in London by specialist teacher educators, interpreters and…
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