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...
A new government report has said Apprenticeships should be reformed to ensure they are providing people with the necessary skills for boosting the UK’s economy.…
Exploring film-making and animation, getting hands-on in a music studio or discovering what goes on behind-the-scenes at a theatre- these are just a few of…
Three former apprentices are battling it out to be crowned the first ever Apprenticeship Champion of the Year on 14 November. BAE employee Jenny Westworth…
The education sector has faced significant cuts during the recession, but this year Britain’s construction firms hope to shine some positive light on their sector…
Alan Cave, former DWP Delivery Director, reflects on the industry he has left as he prepares for a new role in Serco outside the welfare…
Since the Work Programme commenced in June 2011, the industry has seen a dramatic cultural and step change. Providers are now required to be much…
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has announced plans to form an FE Guild after the concept received backing from Lord Lingfield’s review into the sector. Lord…
YouTube is now the second largest search engine in the world. This shouldn’t surprise anyone when Google, who also own the biggest search engine in…
In these days of all things social (in media terms), is there still a place for the printed college prospectus? At one time, there was…
Warwickshire College has become the first educational establishment in the UK to open an FE college in China as part of a new breakthrough project.…
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