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...
Gateshead College, currently among the top colleges in the country following an "outstanding" Ofsted report, is appointing a new deputy principal. Former assistant principal for…
A record 234,000 started apprenticeships in the 2008/09 academic year, according to the Office for National Statistics. Official data also reveals 126,900 people completed apprenticeships…
In the ten years since it was first piloted, and particularly more recently, the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) has come in for a great deal…
The Institute for Learning (IfL) has published its first review since the introduction of membership for all teachers and trainers across the FE and skills…
Skills Minister Kevin Brennan welcomed the launch of the National Skills Academy for Social Care, saying the scheme will “transform” the sector. Mr Brennan said…
New workshops from the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) are helping prepare providers for Ofsted’s new inspection framework. Ofsted’s Common Inspection Framework is now…
Phones 4U Limited, Staffordshire Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Outstanding: Grade 1 Achievement and standards Outstanding:…
Leading business and education experts joined forces yesterday (15 Oct) to launch an independent charity aimed at increasing education-employer partnerships. Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and…
Colleges and schools facing soaring demand have been granted funding for at least 2,300 extra places for post-16 learners. Ed Balls, the Secretary of State…
Rentokil Initial, Dudley Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Satisfactory: Grade 3 Capacity to improve Satisfactory: Grade 3 Achievement and standards Inadequate: Grade…
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