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 Department for Education has announced that thousands of vocational courses could be dropped from post-16 league tables as part of reforms to raise education standards.…
By now you will have received the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) Week information, heard all about what’s happening and been advised to “get involved”. The…
London Mayor Boris Johnson and celebrity chef Raymond Blanc have joined forces to encourage the capital’s food and hospitality sectors to take on more apprentices.…
The new Level Four Higher Apprenticeship in Legal Services will be officially launched in London next week. The qualification heralds a new vocational pathway for…
Competition to attract new students is forcing some Colleges to put more focus on improved campaign engagement and conversion rates. In order to do this they have to develop a better understanding of…
The number of online applications for Apprenticeships in the three months to January soared 41 per cent compared with last year, according to figures released…
More than two fifths (44 per cent) of teachers comfort eat to deal with stress at work, according to a survey by office supplies company…
Education giant Pearson has agreed to transfer the majority of its adult training business to West Nottinghamshire College. The transfer of most of the vocational…
Peter and Anne King of DPI Yearbooks have supported the lives of many young adults working with schools nationally to give pupils valuable employability skills.…
We like to think we are very good at holding to account companies and organisations that let us down. Just look at how the supermarket…
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