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...
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and…
The Association of Cruise Experts (ACE), the trade organisation representing 3,000 travel agencies in the UK, has announced a new programme to give travel agents…
Image conscious Newcastle-under-Lyme College has unveiled a new corporate identity, as part of a £60 million pound bid to transform its prospects. The Staffordshire based…
fforwm, the association of colleges in Wales, has welcomed the Welsh Assembly Government’s £2m capital funding for Further Education. However, the it also warns there…
Milton Keynes Council, Milton Keynes Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Satisfactory: Grade 3 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards Satisfactory:…
Ofsted published the results of the 2008 Annual Performance Assessments (APAs) yesterday, providing a performance overview of local authorities across England in relation to children’s…
Yorkshire Coast College has teamed up with their local council to help Travel & Tourism students break into the industry. Margaret McLeod, Customer First Assistant…
More than half the country’s workers (57 per cent) are worried about their job prospects as a result of the credit crisis, according to a…
Develop-u, South Yorkshire Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards Good: Grade 2…
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) has launched a campaign to give asylum seekers access to free English for Speakers of Other Languages…
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