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...
Team UK has arrived in Leipzig, Germay, on the hunt for medals at the 2013 WorldSkills competition. The team comprises 33 competitors aged between 18…
Can you place the following in order: Quality, Efficiency and Income? Which are the most important to your organisation and which will be at…
Chancellor George Osborne unveiled a £11.5bn cuts package today that was brought on by slower than expected economic growth and deficit reduction. However, there was…
During a recent marketing audit for a college I was told they were expanding their newspaper advertising as no other form of advertising seemed to…
You may be forgiven for not knowing this. European political, financial and business leaders met last week at the Europe: Next Steps conference to discuss…
Today’s young people have been labelled the You Tube generation – and it’s true that the growth in mobile technologies is radically changing the way…
As the word ‘MOOC’ enters everyday usage, it is worth considering the role Massive Open Online Courses could play in the further education sector. I…
The DfE announced that Further education (FE) colleges will be able to enrol 14- to 16-year-olds who wish to study high quality vocational qualifications from…
Parliamentarians spend four times longer discussing academic education than its vocational counterpart, according to awarding body City & Guilds. Even though recent figures show the…
One million more vocational qualifications were achieved in 2012 compared with a year earlier, figures out today reveal. More than six million people were awarded…
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