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...
Unions have warned against a last minute amendment to the Education Bill which could eliminate student and staff representation at universities and colleges. The National…
The London 2012 Games are a hot topic, and rightly so. But while the athletes and iconic venues attract a lot of attention, one less…
Things seem pretty bleak at the moment if you are young and unemployed. One in five university graduates are yet to secure work joining the…
Creative Apprenticeships (CAs) are adding significant value to employers, employees and the state, according to a recent report. A study conducted by non-profit sector consultants…
The worlds of education, invention, business and industry came together at the recent launch of the NEF Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (IKE), an…
Colleges that want to achieve success in science should treat students as individuals, ensure lessons are interactive and relevant and make smart use of technology,…
Nearly half of FE colleges have seen a drop in the numbers of 16-19-year-olds enrolling for courses this September, according to a study by the…
With the new academic year in full swing, Katie Ancliffe, head of marketing at student and academic insurance specialists Endsleigh, looks at what practitioners can…
The UK’s first dedicated Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) due to open by early 2012, in east London at Ilford, has welcomed its first…
Before the gardeners among you get all excited about the prospect of veg tips, I’d better explain that I’m talking about managers – or senior…
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