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 month’s Tomlinson report has sparked a reaction from several business associations who act as the voice of many of the UK’s businesses. Many of…
Jacqui Smith, Minister of State for Industry and the Regions, today announced two new appointments to the board of the South East England Development Agency…
Small Business Minister Nigel Griffiths today launched new funding for two projects designed to encourage enterprise and employment amongst offenders and ex-offenders. Small Business Minister…
Young construction industry trainees had their trowels, hammers, paintbrushes, soldering irons and wrenches at the ready as they took part in a regional skills competition…
The Home Secretary officially opened purpose built construction industry training facilities, the first of its kind within the prison service, at HMP Lindholme near Doncaster…
Last week’s World Economic Forum league table highlighted the continued impact on the UK’s competitive position of its lower skilled workforce. Business has long been…
The annual Adult Learners Week, which takes place every year in May, is calling for nominations for its National Learning Award . The campaign seeks…
Today, the Learning and Skills Council launched a major programme for the transformation of the further education sector entitled LSC Agenda For Change. Today, the…
A revolutionary Black Country initiative that raises local home-care standards has beaten numerous other nominees in the annual national Training Organisation for the Personal Social…
The Learning and Skills Council is calling for nominations for its College Finance Director of the Year award. Philip Lloyd, National Director of Finance at…
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