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...
This week: Adult and community learning in Sheffield, London and Manchester Manor Training and Resource Centre, Sheffield Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of…
Graham Hoyle, chief executive of the Association of Learning Providers, was awarded the OBE for services to skills training in Bristol. Mr Hoyle, 61, lives…
This week: Several ‘outstanding’ Sixth Form Colleges from the late spring inspections Hereford Sixth Form College, Hereford Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision …
This week: Several ‘outstanding’ Sixth Form Colleges from the late spring inspections Hereford Sixth Form College, Hereford Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Outstanding:…
This week: Cricket apprenticeships with a satisfactory deliveryEngland and Wales Cricket Board Ltd, London Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Satisfactory: Grade 3…
USU believes progress to implement the Race Relations Amendment Act is unacceptably slow. Members of the University College Union (UCU) have agreed to name and…
Cameron to announce new Tory Reforms for Charity and Voluntary sector. Cameron speaks of ‘Bottom up Social Responsibility’ and organisations being ‘allowed to act on…
This week: Good grades for Pearson Education Pearson PLC, Harlow Summary of grades awarded: Effectiveness of provision Good: Grade 2 Capacity to…
Figures detail the prospects of people with vocational qualifications compared to those with degrees. A survey by YouGov has found that holders of vocational qualifications…
Learners from the further education and skills sector are being offered the chance to perform at the national Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) STAR Awards ceremony…
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