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...
“ Prime Minister Tony Blair has recently released details of two five-year schemes at a press conference in Downing Street aimed at maintaining the UK’s…
“ While Prime Minister Tony Blair’s leadership languishes in the public consciousness for all to scrutinise, Lancaster University’s Management School is paving the way for…
“ When MG Rover collapsed in April 2005, over 5,000 people were made redundant and the LSC had to work very quickly to handle the…
“ The e ““ learning provider learndirect has announced the passing of the 2 million strong chequered flag, signalling the success of their eleven strong…
“ Many readers will remember listening to that sonorous ballad “Come Fly With Me”, writes Jethro Marsh for FE News. Well, now SkillsActive are paraphrasing,…
“ The key factors of working and sustainability include: “Strategic vision and high level commitment, when developing broad-based collaboration involving a wide range of partners;…
“ New age discrimination legislation planned for an October 1st launch has inspired a campaign spearheaded by the East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA). The “Manage…
“ A report on the key findings of a costing study focused on the 14-19 Pathfinders Initiative was also published along with this year’s evaluative…
“ SkillsActive, and the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), have launched the third Working in Fitness survey ““ the largest annual survey of people working…
“ Apparently, writes Vijay Pattni for FE News, some form of sporting tournament is tying up valuable resources on terrestrial television. Licence fees are not…
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