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...
With the revised AM2 Assessment of Occupational Competence now firmly bedded into the electrical industry’s training structure as an integral part of the apprenticeship, the…
Every provider needs a well structured marketing strategy and marketing plan that is based around their business plan. The problem is that the strategy often…
Nearly half of employees across all sectors had their pay frozen and just 18% received a cash bonus, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel…
Geoff Hall, a former principal of New College Nottingham, has been awarded a Knighthood in the New Year Honours List 2012. OBEs were awarded to…
Following an inquiry into the exam system, qualifications watchdog Ofqual has published two reports detailing the investigations into this summer’s GCSE and A Level results.…
A great deal of work will need to be done to restore the hope and confidence of young people that 2012 will be a better…
Skills Minister John Hayes has announced a number of new measures to boost the quality of Apprenticeship provision during a debate yesterday at the House…
The New Engineering Foundation (NEF) is proposing a new paradigm for Further Education in the report ‘The Intelligent College’ launched at its annual conference, Innovisions,…
In a few weeks, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills will launch its pilot scheme with the government to help businesses engage directly with…
Giving young people a better sense of civic duty and responsibility through volunteering work can provide them with alternative opportunities to achieve their goals, according…
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