Young people not in education, employment or training have often missed out on opportunities to develop essential employment skills. The Nuffield Foundation has launched a...
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...
Doncaster College has announced a special fund to help ease the crisis EMA currently affecting students across the nation. The move came after talks between…
In a new report published by Ofsted, entitled ‘Implementation of 14-19 reforms: an evaluation of progress’, Ofsted have released findings based on visits to 16…
In a new report published by Ofsted, entitled ‘Implementation of 14-19 reforms: an evaluation of progress’, Ofsted have released findings based on visits to 16…
According to a survey by YouGov, some 71 per cent of people in employment would like to see a new legal right to request paid…
The Capita Group Plc, London Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards…
It has been announced that pupils starting secondary school education this week will be the first legally bound to stay in education until they are…
Some 150,000 students have been left waiting for their entitlements after technical failures delayed processing of the Government’s Educational Maintenance Allowance claims (EMA). The EMA…
Millions of children across the UK are kick-starting a brand new academic year this month, but a new campaign, from the National Institute of Adult…
The Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL) has launched Visible and valued, a training resource for providers of skills and further education to help them…
Acacia Training and Development Ltd, Plymouth Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to improve Good: Grade 2 Achievement and standards…
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