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...
Habia has been undertaking one of the biggest reviews of Apprenticeships since it launched in 1990’s. A recent report released by the group reveals that…
The UK’s first budget hotel management Apprenticeship has been announced by accommodation giant Travelodge. The new scheme, Junior Management Programme (JuMP), will create 500 management…
The NUS has welcomed a report from a leading think tank that calls on the government to reinstate its recently scrapped £560m Education Maintenance Allowance…
A report released today by Ofsted concludes that numeracy “is central to success at work and educational progress”. The report highlights the key features of…
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) has criticised the closure of Skill – the National Bureau for Students with Disabilities – as a…
Student immigration has been a hot topic over the past few months, with many controversial changes being proposed and discussed. After months of concern, it…
The National Skills Academy for Financial Services (NSAFS) has joined forces with Prudential to bring the insurer’s skills training packages to the wider financial sector.…
The Institute for Learning (IfL), the professional body for teachers and trainers across FE, has assumed certain responsibilities from the now closed Lifelong Learning UK…
The government’s employment service, Jobcentre Plus, should be privatised to increase competition in the Welfare to Work sector, according to the Association of Learning Providers…
Apprenticeships have been found to add more value for money invested compared to other learning streams. Research by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills…
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