The new Burnham led government has only been in power for a couple of months but it has already done enough to indicate that it...
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...
“It is around seven months now since I initially wrote about what a positive step it was to include languages as an option in the…
“Liz Smith, unionlearn director at the TUC, outlined the importance of union and employer cooperation for workplace learning to succeed at a meeting yesterday with…
“A new learning and skills company with a £25 million turnover has been formed following the merger of four existing training providers owned by private…
“Jacqui Smith, Minister of State for Industry and the Regions, today announced two new appointments to the board of the South East England Development Agency…
“ The Association of Further Education Colleges in Wales (fforwm) has announced its Annual Awards winners. The 2006 results were announced at the fforwm annual…
“ College principals across the UK have earned a combined total of more than £33 million throughout 2004-2005, writes Vijay Pattni, reporter for FE News.…
“ In an interview at the Association of Colleges (AoC) conference last week, FE News reporter Nadine Monem had a chance to speak with NUS…
“ Stephen Gardner, Director of Apprenticeships at the Learning and Skills Council writes exclusively for FE News, as winners of this year’s National Apprenticeship Awards…
“Christopher Samuel, 37, from Treharris, has won a prize for becoming the 10,000th person to sign-up for Learndirect with The College Ystrad Mynach.He has signed-up…
“Success for students of Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese in Greater London is on the up, according to exam board OCR. The number of qualifications issued…
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