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...
Asha Khemka, the principal and chief executive of West Nottinghamshire College, has been celebrating after being recognised in the 2009 New Year Honours List. Mrs…
Gateshead Sixth Form College, Newcastle Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Outstanding: Grade 1 Capacity to improve Outstanding: Grade 1 Achievement and standards Outstanding:…
McDonald’s, the fast food chain, has signalled plans to offer 6,000 staff apprenticeships this year, rising to 10,000 every year by 2010. Its intention to…
Students at Sheffield City College (formerly Castle College) are set to launch their own radio station next week. The trial project has involved fifty learners,…
The sector skills council for retail, Skillsmart Retail, and Retail Trust, the principal charity of the retail sector, have made a final call for managers…
Newcastle-under-Lyme College students are being welcomed back this month with a reminder of the support available to them at its Refreshers’ Fayre. The annual event…
Wedgwood Memorial College in Barlaston, near Stoke, is set to hold a weekend Esperanto course this month. In partnership with the Esperanto Association of Britain…
Page One, the mobile messaging firm, will launch its ‘MoodleMobile’ plug-in module with 2-way messaging functionality at BETT, the world’s largest educational technology event between…
According to ‘The Global Productivity Report’, published by the operational improvement consultancy Proudfoot Consulting, companies in the UK are spending less time training their staff…
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has released its annual Barometer Report, and warns that 2009 is set to be the worst year…
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