The funded management ladder has gone. Team Leader at Level 3, Operations Manager at Level 5, Chartered Manager at Level 6, Coaching Professional, Improvement Practitioner,...
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 the Sector Skills Council for the active leisure, learning and wellbeing sector, SkillsActive challenges a number of statements and concerns raised by Professor Wolf…
UK unemployment has hit a record high of 2.53 million, according to the latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures. The data shows the unemployment…
Proposed visa changes for non-EU students are based on a lack of robust data, a Home Affairs Select Committee report has warned. Underlining the value…
A partnership initiative established to help improve adult literacy in the UK has been praised as a model for similar skills initiatives. The partnership behind…
A new partnership has been forged to strengthen collaboration between education, business, and the government to inspire economic innovation. The Institute of Knowledge Transfer (IKT)…
“The term ‘media’ in today’s shorthand is such a broad term that it is difficult to list in one go all the facets it covers.…
Bad management is already an issue in the UK, with only 1 in 5 managers having a professional management qualification, but we can’t let this…
More than 100 colleges across England are set to receive a share of a £2 million fund as part of a project to improve the…
Plans to insulate homes and businesses across the UK could fund more than 1,000 green Apprenticeships, the government announced today. Unveiling a raft of measures…
A new £50m a year fund was launched today by Business Secretary Vince Cable and Skills Minister John Hayes to help businesses develop the skills…
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