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...
The Training Station, Liverpool Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards Outstanding:…
Last month I was able to share with you the names of the 60 members of Squad UK, all hoping to make it into the…
The Government has revealed that new rules aimed to cut down on bogus colleges and fraudulent applications from foreign students has so far screened out…
Beaconsfield Language Services are celebrating the signing of a contract to provide interpreter training to Angolan soldiers. The task will involve flying to Luanda and…
Skills Team Ltd, London Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Satisfactory: Grade 3 Capacity to improve Satisfactory: Grade 3 Achievement and standards Satisfactory:…
Chloe Steel, a BTEC National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering student, has been crowned Doncaster College CADCAM champion 2009. More than 30 students competed over two…
The Government released a White Paper yesterday to help boost informal adult learning classes in more than 7,000 public buildings rooms – with private firms…
The chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council, Mark Haysom, has stepped down following claims of mismanagement over wide-spread college building programmes. In a…
Southampton City College has confirmed support from Abbey UK Corporate Banking to help get its £32 million facilities project off the ground. Abbey will provide…
Ministers accused the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) of mismanagement yesterday as it emerged colleges could lose more than £170m due to refurbishment delays. According…
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