I read three things recently that felt worth pulling together, if only to highlight them rather than fully make sense of them. The first was...
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...
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...
“ Learners nationwide will be able to access fully funded Level 2 skills training from September when the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) begins a…
“ The Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification will be introduced into further education colleges across Wales from September 2007, it was announced last week. 14 FE colleges…
“ 15,000 employees spanning 800 businesses are using the “e-skills” passport in assessing and addressing IT user skills needs. Further, 50,000 girls from around 1,500…
“ It is a challenging time for further education as the government has woken up to the massive contribution the sector can make to the…
“ A scheme to establish a research community in the learning and skills sector has received an enormous response to phase three of its tender…
[On the International Baccalaureate] We”re in our second year of the International Baccalaureate [IB] now and we have 60 full-time students which is quite massive;…
“ Tower Hamlets Sixth Form College serves one of the poorest boroughs in the country – a community where a quarter of the adult population…
“ The Sector Skills council for the justice sector, Skills for Justice, has received an “outstanding” rating in a recent review of their activities in…
“ Nurseries, childminders and other types of childcare across the country received a fillip with the fulsome praise of an Office for Standards in Education…
“ Red or Dead designer Wayne Hemingway is encouraging young people to visit the Creative Zone at the Exp05 Skills Festival. Working alongside landscape designers…
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