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 Education Secretary’s letter to exam regulator Ofqual, in which he asked for formal control of A-level content to be passed from exam boards to…
A few weeks ago I experienced Dynamic Facilitation (DF) and Wisdom Councils first hand when Jim Rough, the US based creator of these processes…
Skills are at the heart of the Coalition’s strategy for growth. However with fiscal austerity dominating the agenda, the government also hopes employers will be…
The new National Careers Service (NCS) was launched in London today to equip people with independent, impartial advice on learning and work. Skills Minister John…
Each year the volume of marketing opportunities available to FE continues to expand and with it so does the time needed to implement them all. …
A major new training centre for young people interested in vocational courses and apprenticeships is set to open in Essex in September. Prospects Learning Foundation,…
With times being what they are, colleges across the UK have spent the last year or two leaving no stone unturned in their attempts to…
Apprenticeships are receiving a great deal of attention at the moment, from government, the media and businesses. Policy changes, investment, incentives, slashing of red tape…
Major international projects are beyond the reach of most colleges unless they look to collaborate with the wider TVET sector. Colleges in the UK have a…
Vocational education and training providers looking to succeed in the global marketplace could benefit from finding an international partner. This is the key conclusion of…
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