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 People 1st sector skills council for hospitality, passenger transport, travel and tourism has announced plans to acquire its SSC counterpart Skillsmart Retail’s assets. Subject…
When women are educated and empowered, the whole of society benefits: “…educated women are more likely to use health clinics and return to the clinic…
Research has always been a high priority for The College Marketing Network, and that’s why we were so keen to get involved with the RCU…
The high numbers of young people not in employment, education or training continues to be a major headache for the government. I read an article…
John Hayes has moved from his Skills Minister post to join the Department of Energy and Climate Change as part of the coalition government’s first…
As you read this article, someone is talking about your College online, whether it is about joining in September, how they’re finding the application process,…
Qualifications regulator Ofqual has refused to order exam boards to regrade this summer’s GCSEs in English, after acknowledging that marking boundaries had changed between January…
A new qualification designed and awarded by training provider EAL has just been launched under the government’s Higher Apprenticeship scheme. A Diploma in Project Management…
The first time fall in GCSE grades has put the validity of the UK’s exam system into question, with growing support for alternative programmes that…
It will not be a surprise to you if I say the number one is bad news in FE. One student on a course, one…
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