V Levels could offer something the post-16 system badly needs: greater flexibility for young people who want vocational learning without having to specialise as early...
Recently, while on safari in Mauritius, I found myself staring at a zebra and thinking about autism,which is perhaps not the most conventional response to...
Experience isn't enough to make graduates employable. Why experience must be designed by providers to be in line with the government's skills reforms, rather than...
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,...
“ The Learning and Skills Council (LSC), the body responsible for the allocation of the budget of more than £10 billion for the FE sector,…
“ For several years now, writes Michelle Price from FE News, the bureaucrats residing in Brussels have forged ahead with their ambitious, and arguably positive,…
“ Students at a Southampton college have recently been training with former soccer stars from their local club, writes FE News reporter Mark Feakes. Eastleigh…
“ The swift and far reaching reaction of the Prime Minister to possibly the most troubled period of his leadership has seen Ruth Kelly MP…
“ SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) in control of training and development in the health and fitness industry, has recently launched its “skills revolution”.…
“ What are being hailed as the “most significant reforms to secondary education” moved closer today with the announcement by the Government of their proposed…
This week saw the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) call for a conference between leading academics and researchers to look at Britain’s skills for the…
“ The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) released its yearly financial report recently for the year 2004-5. It made for interesting reading, especially with regards…
In light of this week’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) report on an older workforce, FE News spoke to Professor Stephen McNair, Director at the Centre…
“ I must confess that I have never actually seen that eternal favourite, “Sound of Music”. This is not through any particular element of choice…
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