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...
British business tycoon Peter Jones, joined by Chancellor Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling and Business Secretary, John Hutton, launched his National Enterprise Academy, aimed at training…
The Chancellor Alistair Darling announced an extra £60 million for skills and training in his first Budget speech today. He said that extra funding would…
Colleges and universities in Scotland are to benefit from an additional investment of £20 million in Government funding The Scottish Executive announced last week that…
An Extended Diploma will be offered to young people in three years time, according to Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families.…
Carter & Carter, one of the UK’s largest training providers, has called in the administrators. The company had announced in February that it was in…
Noticing a local advert for a 16-year old to join an accountancy firm, “must have 5 O Levels including Maths and English” made me think,…
The women who are serving out sentences at Downview Prison can produce their own TV programmes which are broadcast on the in-cell TV system, whilst…
The Prime Minister will welcome The Learning Bus into Downing Street today, World Book Day. On board with Quick Reads authors Adele Parks and Colin…
Those convicted of crimes in the UK can find their punishment continues long after their sentence has been served in jail. Ex-offenders face a multitude…
Olympic medallist, Steve Cram launched a new apprenticeship for budding sportsmen and women last week. The Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) in athletics gives…
Please confirm you want to block this member.
You will no longer be able to:
Please allow a few minutes for this process to complete.
