The UK will need hundreds of thousands of new construction workers in the coming years to meet demand for housing, infrastructure and clean energy projects....
The debate about whether AI belongs in education is rapidly becoming redundant. The more important question is what education does now that AI is already...
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....
“The Ideas Foundation have teamed up with Mid Cheshire College, to deliver Media and Creative Diplomas for 14-19 year olds and to coordinate the project…
“Gordon Brown spoke about the need for skills in his speech to the TUC conference today. He said he wanted to fast-track people into new…
“The government has defended the roll out of new diplomas for 14 to 19-year-olds after a Commons report criticised them as being over-complicated. In its…
“The Government today announced investment plans to increase the number of training places and apprenticeships. At the centre of the programme is a major expansion…
“Der Tag der deutschen Einheit ““ which roughly translates as German Reunification Day – is a very important day in Germany and central Europe. A…
“ Can you explain what your job entails, and how long you have beendoing it for? I am a part time warden at Reaseheath College…
Sheffield company at forefront of apprenticeship drive A Sheffield based engineering company that has survived near closure and flood damages of £16m recently announced another…
“Birmingham’s Sutton Coldfield College has been hailed as a major drive in the government’s initiative to plug the predicted future skills gap in the financial…
“Seven major employers signed up to a Local Employment Partnership (LEP) this week, to help get long term benefit claimants back into work, announced Peter…
“McDonalds have been given the status of an awarding body meaning the fast-food chain can now train up staff in new nationally recognised level 3…
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