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...
Apprenticeship providers are bracing themselves for record high applications this summer with up to 20,000 vacancies on offer. Vacancy numbers vary on a daily basis…
The young and long-term unemployed risk being left behind as the labour market shows signs of expanding, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)…
New research reveals employers are more likely to encourage young people to take Apprenticeships over degrees as many eagerly await their A-level results this week.…
The £700,000 Equality and Diversity Innovation Fund for projects that advance equality, diversity and inclusion in adult education is now open for applications. Managed by the…
Work-related stress is an adverse reaction suffered by people exposed to excessive pressures at work. The Labour Force Survey from the Office for National Statistics…
Three quarters of British people care more about having their contributions valued at work than their pay packets, according to a new survey. Although 38…
The government is introducing grants worth up to £20,000 to encourage more maths and English graduates to teach in FE colleges. Grants of £20,000 with…
The government has vowed to help the UK’s education exports industry secure an extra £3 billion of contracts by 2020 with a new international growth…
The government has backed 21 colleges in its latest funding round to invest £168 million in building modern facilities. Through the Skills Funding Agency, the government…
Employers could be funded directly to buy Apprenticeship training as part of reforms put out to consultation by the government today. Business Secretary Vince Cable…
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