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...
Since a huge leap in Apprenticeship starts during 2010/11, we have seen enthusiasm for growth reined in by debate over quality and calls to safeguard…
In the recent article on Automating Your Marketing I mentioned split testing and the fact it is possible to send the same email, with alternative…
Wivenhoe House in Colchester has become the new venue for a ground-breaking new ‘sandwich’ course, which is aimed at splitting students’ time between high-quality theoretical and practical…
The UK’s world-leading creative industries risk losing a generation of talent as research emerged showing increasing numbers of young people are shunning art qualifications. A…
An innovative new degree in solar power may be threatened by sweeping cuts in the governmental budget for renewable resources. The degree, titled ‘Construction Management…
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) hopes a new initiative in the West Midlands could help produce and foster Britain’s next batch of world-beating engineers. The automotive…
More than half of industry employers are concerned about damage to the reputation of Apprenticeships since the abolition of the government’s Train to Gain scheme,…
The summer looms and with it the usual strategic changes for Further Education colleges. This year is particularly fraught for FE because we have changes…
John Drew, Bus Depot Manager in Corby, suffered an unusual Monday recently when over a quarter of his workforce failed to turn up for their…
‘There’s no money left!’ The intended joke almost immediately went flat and these now famous last words haunt their author, a former Treasury minister. Nevertheless,…
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