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....
“Ofsted have published their third annual report concerning the quality of initial training for further education teachers. The latest report was compiled from inspections undertaken…
“The Association of Colleges has appointed Air Commodore Martin Doel as their new Chief Executive. Martin is currently Director of Training and Education at the…
“Representatives from South London authorities Croydon, Kingston and Merton, have signed the Skills Pledge in a bid to invest in training their staff, at an…
“ The latest in the long line of Education Secretaries, Alan Johnson, has recently told a House of Commons Education Committee that the successes of…
“ David Howe, the Principal of Tower Hamlets College has resigned. The college is one of the leading Further Education Colleges in East London with…
“ Eastleigh College and Southampton Football Club have struck up an unlikely partnership, coming together to provide the Certificate in Event and Match Day Stewarding…
“ The government needs to shape the future role and structure of regulation to fit its far-reaching public services reforms, according to a recent discussion…
“ Speaking at the Association of Colleges (AoC) Conference in a sunlit Birmingham today, the Secretary of State for Education, Ruth Kelly MP, announced that…
“ Scotland’s colleges can play a key role in meeting the recommendations of the Leitch Review by fostering school-college links, addressing literacy and numeracy demands…
“Giving the LSC powers to intervene if an FE institution is being mismanaged has been defeated in the House of Lords by just two votes.…
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