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...
More businesses in Northern Ireland need to take on their first apprentices to avoid a looming skills gap, according to Semta, the SSC for science,…
The FE sector has broadly welcomed plans for a “technical baccalaureate” as a step in the right direction to help bring vocational learning alongside academic…
Payments processing firm Visa Europe has been recognised for its high quality Higher Apprenticeship provision by scooping up an award for Top Employer for School…
Recent publications in the sector place work-based training at the heart of reforms to provide the economy with a workforce that is highly trained.…
The government has launched the new FE Guild with £18.8m of funding for each of the next two years. The industry body comprises well-known leaders…
For many years there has been an implicit consensus across the learning and skills sector that personal tutoring contributes to improving retention and achievement. A…
The National Union of Students (NUS) has promoted Toni Pearce to president of the organisation, making her the first person to fill the role without…
With the emergence of University Technical Colleges (UTCs) in the UK’s competitive educational landscape, it has never been more important to attract leaders into the…
Most commentators on marketing trends placed mobile marketing at the top of their priority lists for 2013 and many surveys support those predictions. Some 58%…
Professor Frank Coffield gave an impassioned speech at the lively Newbubbles Annual Conference ‘The Future of Further Education’ last week, opening up an important debate…
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