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...
“ Continuous professional development is key to a robust and responsive sector. This holds true in practically every sector, but is particularly pertinent in the…
Skills versus knowledge. A man clings desperately onto the edge of a cliff-face, certain death and crocodiles below, a daunting 80ft climb above. Will skills…
“ Vocational language training is helping the British to break the language barrier, and helping to create a multi-skilled workforce, according to the Association of…
“ According to the House of Commons Education and Skills Committee report, writes Sudakshina Mukherjee for FE News, called “The Link to Recidivism,” “Prisoners who…
“ A key challenge facing all levels of British society is the arrival of migrant workers from the new member states of the EU. The…
The author of a report which claims that Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) students under perform relative to their white counterparts has stated that FE…
A great deal of media attention has been given to the importance of inclusion policies as well as the duty placed on educational institutions through…
“ The world is a shrinking place, much like a pair of green and blue jeans that have been left in the washing machine. A…
“ The sun was shining brightly on the morning of day two at Birmingham’s gargantuan ICC, as the Quality Improvement Agency’s (QIA’s) conference continued. Following…
“ According to the National Learner Satisfaction Survey (NLSS) for 2004 / 2005, satisfaction with the learning offered in FE has never been at a…
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