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...
Ofsted published its Annual Report today, piecing together nearly 40,000 inspections to reveal an overall improvement in care, education and skills in England during 2008/09.…
The amount of information colleges are forced to collect will be slashed under Conservative plans to abolish excessive red tape in further education. Currently, up…
Geoff Russell, chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), had some strong words for education providers at the Association of College’s (AoC) annual…
Regular access to the internet is a problem for 37 per cent of all adults in the UK, suggests a survey published today by the…
A fundamental change in teaching and learning is needed as the UK’s education system faces a rapidly changing, globalised world, warns a documentary being launched…
Trafalgar Square provided Harlow College with inspiration today to celebrate this year’s Colleges Week. Students took turns to stand and perform on a plinth in…
fforwm, the body representing all of Wales’ 24 FE colleges, will now be known as ColegauCymru / CollegesWales to boost its collective identity on the…
A new target to get 75 per cent of people under 30 into university or advanced vocational education has been unveiled by the government, as…
Gateshead College students are breaking barriers between young and old people in an innovative gardening project for National Colleges Week. Seventeen students on the Skills…
The government has been forced to defend its commitment to education after reports this weekend revealed secret plans to slash funding for apprenticeships. According to…
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