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...
“Newcastle College’s Executive and NATFHE Branch Officers have agreed to use the services of ACAS to try and resolve the trade dispute over pay. Both…
“ After speaking for some thirty minutes to the delegates at the Association of Colleges (AoC) 16 ““ 19 Summer Conference in Stratford ““ upon…
“ FFORWM ““ the organisation that represents the FE sector in Wales ““ has welcomed the findings of a new study into Post-16 learning provision.…
“ Suffolk College brickwork trainees secured an outstanding win in a recent SKILL BUILD competition, held in Great Yarmouth. The event, which took place at…
“ A union has warned that a planned closure of an award-winning physics department would “make a mockery” of the UK’s support for sciences. The…
“ Reliability and commitment are just as important to employers as academic qualifications, according to research into small businesses. The interim results of the surveys…
[On the forthcoming Leitch review, expected December 2006] In 2004 Lord Leitch was commissioned by the Government to lead a review of the skills base…
“ The Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL) has responded to the introduction of the Further Education and Training Bill by announcing a qualifying programme…
I think the vision and ambition of Leitch is absolutely spot on. In terms of what they are trying to achieve, I cannot argue with…
“ The importance of employers” participation in the education of the workforce was the focus of the Skill Summit 2005, a forum where business leaders…
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