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...
The United Kingdom will be represented at a prestigious European culinary contest by a talented graduate of Doncaster College. Nineteen-year-old Billy Frost from Haworth, who…
New research from the Association of Colleges (AoC) has revealed that students studying Higher Education courses at colleges are graduating with £17.5k less debt than…
Fewer UK employees are being allowed to use their own initiatives in their jobs, according to statistics by the UK Skills Surveys and the Employment…
The White Paper on local economic growth contains a welcome commitment to increasing the skills base but misses opportunities to integrate skills development into local…
The AoC Charitable Trust has appointed Phil Willis, former Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills, as president of the charity, which promotes 16+…
The 14 to 19 Diploma has come under the scrutiny of Ofsted inspectors, who have highlighted “weaknesses” in the current system. According to Ofsted, a…
Telecoms firm BT is to double its intake of apprenticeships after an unprecedented number of candidates applied for the initial 221 positions. The firm has…
Whether you are a student still at school, a graduate, or an adult, the first and most important step in getting the right job for…
Putting Train to Gain out of its misery was a little like saying farewell to a friend who has taken a long time to die.…
The Association of Learning Providers (ALP) has responded positively to the announcement that the private and third sectors will play a much larger role in…
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