100,000 placements is a welcome start. Who helps young people get to day one? In thirty-five years working in careers guidance, I have watched a...
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...
A new LSIS panel has produced its first performance review of the young organisation and the findings are a mixture of praise and highlighted areas…
"The recent Budget settlement provided a further endorsement of the importance of the further education sector. Since 1997, investment in further education has increased by…
It has been over two months since I first announced the 60 members of Squad UK, all hoping to make it into Team UK who…
David Collins’ recent piece on quangos, For Richer, for Poorer, begs the question that if the Government has to cut spending, would it be best…
Arthur Rank Training Unit, Kenilworth Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards…
There was a lot of doom and gloom cast today by an Association of Learning Providers (ALP) conference desperate for reassurance during uncertain times, but…
The Association of Learning Provider’s (ALP) Spring Conference kicked off in Nottingham today, with a clear message that the Government needs to listen more to…
Multi-million pound Government efforts to encourage firms to train staff are short-sighted as many could be turned away because of budget cuts, the Association of…
Union learning rep Joanna Szmit got a shock when she arrived at a reception in Westminster with John Denham, Secretary of State for Skills and…
There was a touch of drizzle in the air in Marylebone. But 12 students of French, Spanish and Business Studies from the Compton School hadn’t…
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