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...
Employers fear a high-level skills drain will leave jobs unfilled, according to a survey sponsored by qualifications awarding body EDI. Demand for highly-skilled workers will…
The public sector is bracing itself for details next week of how the government plans to make £6bn in spending cuts this year. In his…
Conservative David Willetts has become the coalition government’s Minister of State for universities and science. The MP for Havant will join new Education Secretary Michael…
The number of people unemployed in the UK rose 53,000 to 2.51 million in the first three months of 2010, according to official figures. During…
Prime Minister David Cameron and his Deputy Nick Clegg unveiled key cabinet positions within their coalition government today. Conservative Michael Gove, who had previously hinted…
The times are interesting as well as uncertain. Money is tight and likely to get tighter which means that departmental belt-tightening and staffing cuts could…
Conservative leader David Cameron became the UK’s new Prime Minister today after Labour’s coalition talks with the Liberal Democrats failed to secure agreement. In Mr…
Economic uncertainty has prompted a huge surge in the number of adults in learning or thinking of upgrading their skills in the future, suggests a…
With the election results confirming the predicted hung parliament, the fight is still on for the main parties to form a government. Both Labour and…
As the recession-hit nation prepares to vote in the closest General Election for many years, the FE sector has been scrutinising each political manifesto for…
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