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...
It is now less that two weeks before the national Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) STAR Awards ceremony, which takes place in London on…
Alan Clarke, sector engagement manager for the Lifelong Learning UK-led Catalyst Programme, has warned of the need to curb a possible skills crisis as a…
The number of job seekers using FEcareers.co.uk, the specialist recruitment website, has rocketed by 148% in just six months, after its biggest web development since…
The Train to Gain programme is successfully motivating employees in the workplace, and giving them the opportunity to gain nationally recognised qualifications, according to a…
Robert Lynch, the chief executive of Ruskin Private Hire and its training arm Robust Training, has introduced an ambitious investment programme to deliver high quality…
Nottinghamshire Training Network, Nottingham Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Satisfactory: Grade 3 Capacity to improve Satisfactory: Grade 3 Achievement and standards Satisfactory: Grade…
Leading suppliers have expressed their support for a Government-backed bid to make it easier for colleges and schools to use interactive whiteboards. Becta has announced…
According to Ofsted research, school workforce reforms that have seen the introduction of staff from a wider range of backgrounds, skills and life experiences are…
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has launched a new programme to recognise, support and celebrate the further education professionals driving quality improvement. The…
Nick Linford, the director of Planning and Performance at Lewisham College, has unveiled a new handbook to simplify changes to the Learning and Skills Council’s…
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