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...
An assessment of jobs policies in the three main political parties’ manifestos has been published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Outlining…
More warning is needed to stop a crackdown on unscrupulous providers of English for Speakers Of Other Languages (ESOL) hitting good centres, warns NIACE, the…
The voices of the skills and small business sectors came together yesterday to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The pact between the Alliance of…
Learning and development professionals are meeting strained budgets by implementing tailored, business-focused training, reveals the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The body’s annual…
Having an impact on your students is one of the greatest achievements for any tutor, and being remembered for helping your students to achieve their…
In an environment where FE Colleges are subject to continuing legislative change and increasing pressure to secure alternative sources of funding, significant challenges and opportunities…
Thames Valley University’s (TVU) FE college for Reading has been upgraded by Ofsted after being returned to local management. TVU Reading’s provision is now rated…
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) is the body charged with accelerating the drive for improvement in the Learning and Skills sector. As such,…
Employees have a legal right to take time off for study or training for the first time from today. Legal changes mean businesses employing more…
Steve Holliday, chief executive of the National Grid, has been appointed chairman of the government’s new Technician Council. Mr Holliday will help the national council…
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