100,000 placements is a welcome start. Who helps young people get to day one? In thirty-five years working in careers guidance, I have watched a...
Term has started, and colleges are still settling timetables and filling gaps in delivery. It's a good moment to look at who's teaching under subcontracted...
Adult learners are already investing in new careers; policy should turn that commitment into a connected journey from entry-level competence to higher technical progression. The...
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...
New research published today (8th March) by the Sutton Trust provides a detailed picture of trends in the use of private tutoring as well as…
The Office for Students (OfS) is awarding £9.6 million in funding to improve teaching and access to performing arts courses at specialist higher education providers…
Nominations are still open for the Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards which highlights and promotes social mobility, diversity, inclusion and equity in apprenticeships. The awards, happening for…
As the film world entered a final week’s build up to this year’s Oscars ceremony, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) enjoyed its…
Suffolk New College has backed a campaign called World Plumbing Day (Sat 11 March 2023) that aims to celebrate the ‘important role plumbing plays in…
REVOLUTIONARY new education and commercial buildings form part of a £10m rural college redevelopment. Backed with more than £5.9m from the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Communities…
South Lanarkshire College Roofing Occupations apprentice Sean Comaskey has been ‘unlocking his potential’ in the run up to Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2023. The Glasgow based…
South Lanarkshire College has enjoyed a successful partnership with house builders Taylor Wimpey since 2017. For more than 5 years, South Lanarkshire College students studying…
To mark the opening of the new hairdressing academy, North Kent College hosted a VIP launch event with Lee Stafford, celebrity hairdresser, on Monday 6th March…
A PhD student from the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) who has made sustainable rope from British wool has won a coveted Women in Innovation award.…
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