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...
Cornwall Marine Employers Training Group, Ltd Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Satisfactory: Grade 3 Capacity to improve Satisfactory: Grade 3 Achievement and…
Deloitte, the accounting and consulting giant, urged employers to support its pledge to guarantee job interviews for graduates of its Employability Skills scheme today. The Employability…
A Preston College and Cardinal Newman College project has helped 13 students with learning difficulties secure work placements with local businesses. The Invest to Change project…
The Royal Navy Service, Portsmouth Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards…
Only 36 per cent of principals are women, according to a survey of 361 further education colleges carried out by the Women’s Leadership Network (WLN).…
The Government’s employment and skills programmes are in need of "radical" revisions to help get people back into work, warns the Association of Learning Providers…
An increasing number of carers are missing out on opportunities for learning and work because of their caring responsibilities, it has emerged. More than five…
Stow College has announced it will withdraw from the New Campus Glasgow project, which would have seen Glasgow’s four city centre colleges join forces to…
Training Alternatives, Basingstoke Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards Outstanding: Grade…
Sheffield College has launched a new service to boost local business and workforce skills. The Sheffield College Business Gateway merges the college’s current provision for…
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