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 Work Foundation report, released last week, states that 450,000 Neets have never had a regular job. The report reaches the same conclusion as many others over…
The Skills Funding Agency has launched a community learning fund aimed at individuals 19 years and over. The fund will support adults who do not…
Almost a quarter of secondary school pupils feel their teachers are more interested in getting students to attend university, than concentrating on what is right…
Apprenticeships are set to be the major topic at June’s Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) conference. Employment and training providers will gather in…
On Wednesday 23 May Arts Council England announced this year’s successful Artsmark education providers. For the first time, these include 16 further education colleges, 14…
In April the hospitality industry gathered for the Edge Hotel School preview event, the first hotel school of its kind in the UK where students…
An NUS survey has revealed that many students of an ethnic minority origin live in fear of becoming victims of hate crime. The report, No…
Public and private sector professionals will this week emphasise the government’s need to boost economic growth through further investment in skills. Between 22-24 May, five…
Ofqual, regulators of qualifications and examinations in England and Northern Ireland, released its first ever three-year Corporate plan on Friday. The in-depth programme aims to…
The Arts Council will reveal the first ever Artsmark awards to be granted to FE colleges early next week. The Artsmark award provides successful institutions…
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