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...
2012 – what a year it’s been for Britain, with the magnificent Olympic Games and Diamond Jubilee festivities making us all so proud of…
The past few weeks have seen two very different concepts emerge that address the hot topic of how the education system should be preparing young…
NEF: The Innovation Institute Conference Innovisions 2012 held on 5 Dec, in association with EDF Energy Campus, was a cavalcade of the latest ideas, technologies,…
With the advent of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement yesterday comes yet more cuts to public benefits, and little difference to education. Income support, housing benefit,…
This may seem a strange topic when FE is advertising HE courses below the price of similar university delivered degrees. FE has decided that differentiating…
We all deserve a break over the festive period, but – as this time of year enjoys the highest rate of online traffic – it…
More than 200,000 jobseekers found employment through the Work Programme since its launch in June 2011 through to the end of September 2012. According to…
Below is selection of comments from the FE sector on Ofsted’s annual report, which was published on 27 November 2012. Martin Doel, chief executive of…
We work in a fast moving sector that brings with it a range of complex but rewarding challenges. Remaining focused on the key objectives whilst…
The New Engineering Foundation (NEF) charity has announced plans to hold a conference in December on achieving and maintaining innovative cultures and practices. According to…
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