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 Skills Funding Agency takes the reins to fund and regulate Adult Further Education and Skills in England from today. The Young People’s Learning Agency…
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) approved two more 16-19 projects at its final Capital Committee meeting today. The green-light sees Bishop Challenor School in…
Colleges are substantially increasing their use of games technologies to improve learners’ attendance, motivation and achievement, according to a report by education charity LSN. More…
Jane Marshall was appointed Healthy College Manager at Bradford College in 2007 as part of a unique initiative aiming to address the physical and mental…
At some point in their careers most tutors have been asked by students for guidance about different education pathways and careers options. Now, the Government’s…
The Further Education and Skills sectors have been coming to terms with Alistair Darling’s Budget announcement yesterday. Described by many in the media as a…
Alistair Darling unveiled a Budget today that he hopes will help Labour standout in May’s General Election as the right choice to lead the UK’s recovery.…
UK Skills is firmly committed to supporting a future thriving economy, by fostering the highest possible standards in skills. To empower us to achieve this…
National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) will remain at the heart of the construction industry’s qualification structure, following heated lobbying by ConstructionSkills, its Sector Skills Council (SSC).…
A new two-level cookery qualification has been pioneered by celebrated chef Jamie Oliver for UK secondary schools and FE colleges. Working in partnership with Edexcel,…
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