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 prestigious Matrix accreditation has been awarded to South Thames College for providing high quality information, advice and guidance to young people who want to…
Skills Minister John Hayes has pledged to provide more effective, targeted help for people who face barriers to learning the English language skills. “We recognise…
A South Thames College teacher has won Outstanding Tutor of the Year at the first national BTEC awards. Euthan Newman, who teaches health and social…
Greater freedom from over-elaborate funding restrictions must be provided to colleges so that they can achieve their full potential for the benefit of their wider…
Research from the Association of Colleges (AoC) suggests that the Government risks excluding a quarter of a million adults on inactive benefits from education, 75 per…
A much-needed, if small, dose of optimism was offered to the UK youths when the official government figures of unemployment were unveiled earlier this morning…
The National Union of Students (NUS) has expressed concern at a reduction in the provision for the replacement of EMA – after a warning from…
The 157 Group, the Local Government Association (LGA) and the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) have published a report examining the role of local enterprise partnerships…
One of the UK’s leading Government accredited companies, specialising in finding Apprenticeship opportunities for school leavers, reveals that there is an unprecedented number of vacancies…
The government’s higher education White Paper contains much that is welcome from the perspective of mature and part-time students, but there are risks and concerns…
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