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...
“ The re ““ authorisation of career and technical education in the United States of America finally drew to a close recently as Congress approved…
“ The skills deficit that Britain faces, whether considered from the point of view of the young people constantly highlighted or considered from the point…
“ Parents are more stressed out than their children when it comes to exam results, according to new research. The Learning and Skills Council (LSC)…
“ The great and the good from the FE sector are gathering today in Central London for the launch of the new “super union”, the…
“ Social exclusion is set to be addressed from a new angle following a reappraisal and reorganisation of the Government’s approach to the issue, it…
“ The report from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) that calls for increased competition for the FE sector has been criticised by the Association…
“ The report from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) on the future of the FE sector would appear to have accomplished its task with…
“ Approximately a fifth of all non-graduates in the UK have literacy and numeracy problems, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has revealed, adding further…
“A new alliance merging employers and educators to deliver a workforce trained in skills needed by industry is being launched today.The AoC and Skills For…
“A project which aims to encourage hard to reach young people into volunteering has been launched by national charity Toc H, thanks to £250,000 given…
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