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...
Apprentices from eight of the UK’s leading employers are going head to head to become the ‘apprentice team of the year’ in a new contest…
The funding maze is out and yes it provides challenges but it also gives a clear indication of a difficult future for learning in general.…
There has been a lot of discussion about the likely impact of the spending review on both the HE and FE Sectors. NIACE has emphasised…
The National Audit Office published its report into adult apprenticeships yesterday, highlighting rapid expansion in adult apprenticeships over the last year. With a 140%…
Despite recent adverse publicity, independent training providers have welcomed today’s record apprenticeship success rates as a clear indicator that the apprenticeship programme has been a…
Hundreds of students at Preston College in Lancashire are celebrating the opening of a brand new £5 million visual and performing arts facility. Around 500…
One of the country’s largest solar power systems has been installed at a sixth form college in the Midlands. Bilborough College in Nottingham has had…
The latest funding allocations to FE colleges and institutions in Wales demonstrate the government’s continuous support for skills funding, according to Welsh education charity ColegauCymru…
According to a preliminary report released by the World Literacy Foundation, the estimated cost of illiteracy to the UK economy is £81.312bn each year. The…
All learners have a right to a good education. Figures in our 2010/11 Annual Report, published in November, highlighted a continuing concern with the number…
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