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...
The skills gap is a well-established, and well-documented headache for the UK Government. Indeed as the recovery of the economy has begun to gain traction…
I recently conducted a survey of principals to find out what issues were currently high on their agendas, what was keeping them awake at night.…
The government set out plans yesterday for funding over the next two years with its Skills Funding Statement. The plans include reducing the adult skills…
Many a marketing manager would have had a conversation with their principal or finance director about the cost of prospectus printing, and whether or not…
Reading is a wonderful thing. For many of us, as children, it is through reading that we get our first glimpse of a wider world,…
The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has called for careers education to begin as early as primary level and for Ofsted to address the gap…
I am particularly concerned about the impact these latest cuts will have upon colleges’ ability to continue to deliver outstanding learning experiences for our students.…
College leavers are considered more ready for work than those leaving school at the same age, according to a survey of more than 90,000 employers.…
A new apprenticeship is being launched to enable young people in London to unleash their creativity and learn how to make online communications work for…
The government has approved six more University Technical Colleges in a move that will bring the total number operating across the country to 50 by…
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