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...
“ [On winning] I was overwhelmed to win in my category; amazed! It was one of those things that you hope will happen but never…
“ A university in the East of England has been awarded £20 million to help improve skills and raise the region’s HE provision by up…
Thirteen colleges and other learning providers were praised for their hard work, dedication and commitment to improvement earlier this week when they were awarded Learning…
“ London Mayor Ken Livingstone announced the appointment of Barry Francis to the London Skills and Employment Board earlier this week. Mr Francis, Southern and…
“ A recent survey carried out by Commercial Motor, the road transport industrys best-selling weekly magazine, found that 94% of drivers surveyed were obese with…
“ The Government Office for the East Midlands (GO-EM) and the East Midlands Regional Youth Working Unit (EMRYWU) have opened a discussion forum, inviting people…
“ The City College Brighton and Hove has been awarded the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) Action for Business Colleges accreditation, a sign from the…
“ As part of our ongoing interest in the issues affecting prisoner education, FE News is proud to bring you the first of a two-part…
“ In a fillip for their hard work, the VT Shipbuilding (VTS) Workplace Learning Centre has won a prestigious Big Tick Award, with the help…
“ Skills Minister Phil Hope’s recent statement on the new materials available to learners has been welcomed by the UK’s leading non-governmental organisation for adult…
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