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...
Skills Minister Lord Young spent yesterday meeting and shadowing apprentices at BT’s Primrose Hill Telephone Exchange in London. His visit marked the end of Apprenticeship…
Janard Training, Hartlepool Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Satisfactory: Grade 3 Capacity to improve Satisfactory: Grade 3 Achievement and standards Satisfactory: Grade…
Preston College has appointed Robin Newton-Syms, the former LSC national director of communications, to a newly created role to oversea its strategic direction. The position…
Businesses have signalled their overwhelming support for Apprenticeships in a survey, conducted by Populus, that shows 81 per cent of employers believe they have helped…
The Association of Learning Providers (ALP) has warned apprenticeships risk having their reputation undermined by Government plans to use the same brand for other recession-tackling…
The Virtual College, West Yorkshire Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards…
Motor yacht maker Princess Yachts has picked up the Apprenticeship Excellence Award, in recognition of its outstanding support and development of apprentices, in the Excellence…
The Sheffield College has welcomed a national cash injection from New Engineering Foundation, the vocational education think tank, to train more engineering and science technicians…
Habia, the hair and beauty industry standards setting body, will launch a series of competitions and events named The Skills Factor in the search for…
The Royal Air Force, Gloucester Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards…
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