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...
“ According to a statement issues by the National Centre for Languages (CILT), languages must be brought into the vocational curriculum; and employers must use…
“ The first ever “Engineering Week” in Wales was launched last week at 15 FE Colleges, and received plaudits from schools and colleges from across…
“ Four out of ten adult learners were encouraged into further education courses after studying “taster” sessions, a new report has revealed. Further, these short…
“ Age Concern has attacked The Open University claiming that it enforces discriminative practices against its employees. The University, which has just completed its “Research…
“ Students at Eastleigh College were given the chance recently to gain a detailed insight into the professional and flourishing world of Graffiti Art. Graffiti…
“ A new quality mark has been devised for recognising the quality of organisations working to teach people in the justice sector. The new Skillsmark…
“ Twenty – four students at the Witney Campus of the Abingdon and Witney College will be visited by David Cameron MP, the Tory leadership…
“ The “Further Education Matters” report on the first four year cycle of Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) and Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) college…
“ The President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, has submitted a budget plan for the consideration of Congress that features cuts…
“ A new interactive website called the Teaching and Learning Communities (TLC) was launched yesterday, at the second annual conference of the Learning and Skills…
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