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 government is reviewing its back-to-work programmes after The Court of Appeal ruled that an unpaid work experience scheme was unlawful. Judges agreed with a…
A couple of months ago NIACE, with a range of other national partners, began to talk about an adult maths initiative that could take a…
Education Secretary Michael Gove has scrapped controversial plans to replace GCSEs with a new English Baccalaureate certificate (EBC). The proposals had prompted widespread concern from the…
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has positively acknowledged the importance of offering best practice to training providers by following the sector’s new…
Liverpool-based training provider Scientiam has collapsed into administration putting around 70 jobs at risk. The company, best known for being behind the retail training centre…
FE News hears from Peter Westgarth, CEO at The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, on how the charity can help FE institutions to prepare students for…
By now, you should be thinking about how you can use social media to promote you institution and recruit new students. But how do you…
Earlier this week Education Secretary Michael Gove outlined proposed changes to A Levels in a letter to exam regulator Ofqual. The changes would bring to…
Graham Hoyle, chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), responds to the education select committee’s report on careers advice in schools,…
Leicester College has become the 29th member of the 157 Group of colleges. 157 Group executive director Lynne Sedgmore praised the college for its “forward-thinking…
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