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 number of unemployed people increased by 23,000 to 2.47 million in the three months to April, according to data published today by the Office for…
The coming months are set to be a crucial time for the education and training landscape. As the new Government finds its feet, the initial…
Skills minister John Hayes has asked the Association of Learning Providers (ALP) to produce a “five point plan” to help cut unnecessary red tape while…
More students should have the choice to study Higher Education courses at local Further Education colleges, according to David Willetts, Minister of State for universities…
Multimillion pound investment and prestigious awards are transforming Middlesbrough into a hub of Further Education success. Middlesbrough College’s £68m iconic Middlehaven campus, which opened in September…
A special cabinet committee is being set up to consult all parts of society about effective ways to cut public spending. The “Star Chamber”, named…
A lack of relevant expertise among aspiring new game developers is providing the biggest barrier to employment in the industry, reveals research published today by…
Adult education received much-needed optimism last week from Business Secretary Vincent Cable, who highlighted his personal attachment to the sector for the role it played…
FE’s financial health is “in general deteriorating rapidly, and requires urgent action”, a review of the sector by accountants KPMG warns. Released through freedom of…
A new survey by employers’ group CBI reveals 71 per cent of UK bosses are dissatisfied with foreign language skills in school and college leavers.…
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