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...
There is so much for adult educators to welcome in Graham Allen’s review, Early intervention: The Next Steps. His thoughtfulness and rigorous analysis is significant,…
When a parliamentary journal comes with half of its articles pointing out the importance of science and innovation in driving our economy forward, it should…
Construction businesses in the UK will further reduce their training activity by nearly a fifth in 2011, according to the results of a construction sector…
Examinations and qualifications regulator Ofqual is urging colleges and employers for their input on what is needed from learners to attend their courses. “Qualifications can…
Now that we’re well into January the time for New Year’s Resolutions has passed. The January challenge is to review the ways in which you…
The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) launched the 2011 Apprenticeship Awards yesterday to recognise the achievements of apprentices and their employers across England. The Awards ceremony…
As 2010 drew to a close, not only had the Conservative Government’s Manifesto promised to create 20,000 additional apprenticeships across key sectors, but The Queen…
People 1st, the sector skills council for the hospitality, leisure, tourism and travel (HLTT) industries, is warning businesses not to lose sight of serving those…
More educators need to develop learning activities that require 21st Century skills, according the results of a new survey. Innovative Teaching and Learning (ITL) Research…
In my previous article Key Steps to Getting the Right Job – Self Awareness I discussed the importance of gaining good self-awareness, and knowing what…
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