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...
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...
Learners are benefiting from improved access to information about training courses, an assessment into a pilot scheme that outlines how much Government funding is available…
Learning and Skills Council (LSC) chief executive Geoff Russell will head the new Skills Funding Agency from 1 April 2010, when it takes over the…
Thirteen cultural and community-based groups have today been awarded a share of £500,000 to boost the creative skills and employability of Londoners in the run…
Six more 16-19 capital projects have been given conditional approval by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). The announcement follows a Government pledge earlier this…
A record 143,400 apprentices completed their programmes in the 2008/09 academic year, according to figures released today by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills…
Plymouth College students were celebrating in London last week after beating 73,000 hopefuls to win the top prize at the 2009 Make Your Mark Challenge…
Proposed changes to the UK’s student visa system have provoked outrage from the international education sector. The UK Border Agency is considering regulations that would…
The six top performing courses accredited by the the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) were singled out during last week’s Journalism Skills…
The Government’s training or education guarantee for 16 and 17 year olds will be extended to 2010, Chancellor Alistair Darling revealed today in his pre-Budget…
UK attitudes towards learning throughout life are outdated, warns education charity Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK), which hosts its annual conference tomorrow. LLUK, the Sector Skills…
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