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...
“ 2005 has been an eventful year for Further Education. The sector has been more prominent and successful, and on occasion more turbulent and criticised,…
“ The National Institute for Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) have launched a new programme encouraging adult learners to sign up for education and training courses…
“ The Association Of South East Colleges (AOSEC) has announced the retirement of Chief Executive Breyan Knowles this month. After many years in both music…
“ A new Faith Communities Toolkit was launched this week at a conference with keynote speaker Bill Rammell MP, the Minister of State for Lifelong…
“ The Adventist Development and relief Agency (ADRA) have announced a new initiative to help young mothers to develop the skills needed to be financially…
“ FE News is still young, and still a growing organisation. Much as further education has grown in the public consciousness and in political importance,…
“ A new toolkit aiming to encourage the delivery of challenging and engaging programmes at Level 2 has been launched across the United Kingdom this…
“ The latest Government Green Paper on Welfare and Benefit Reform has indicated a further push from the State to bring more people off incapacity…
“ The Learning Skills Council (LSC) has rejected a suggestion by the Greater London Authority (GLA) that the responsibility for the LSC should be devolved…
“ The April press conference at Downing Street to promote attracting foreign students, writes Paul Keely, FE News Reporter, gave us an insight into Tony…
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