If you are an Awarding Organisation (AO) you could be forgiven (not by Ofqual!) for missing the formal addition of the new principles into the...
There is a comforting myth in British education that entrepreneurship is an optional ‘nice-to-have’ that begins sometime after graduation, ideally once a young person has...
I have just returned from working with educators and policymakers in Australia on AI and skills. I want to be direct about what I saw:...
Social Media and Young People. Part 1: The Case Against This is the first of two articles examining the impact of social media on young...
AI may be rapidly transforming careers as we know them, but the challenges to providing adequate careers provision in education settings are not new. Careers...
Something significant is happening in UK policy. Within the space of a few months, three major documents have landed that together represent the most substantial...
As the UK’s labour market remains cool, Indeed’s latest Opportunity Index shows that opportunity has not disappeared, but it is no longer evenly spread. Instead,...
Further education (FE) and skills could well be described as the best-kept secret of England’s education system. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people study,...
Every day, further education colleges deliver exceptional SEND provision. Skilled staff and strong partnerships transform the lives of young people with special educational needs and...
The Lifelong Education Institute’s second report in partnership with the Mixed Economy Group of colleges is called Partners in Progress: Colleges at the Forefront of...
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Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 837: 7th March 2026 | What is the interconnected ‘System Story’ on NEETs, Unemployment, SEND and Neurodiversity? This is the…
The FE sector is no stranger to change, but the pace and scale of current post-16 qualification reform is presenting colleges and sixth forms with…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 834: 14th February 2026. Apprenticeship Starts Are Up in England and Wales. Will a Clearing System Create a More Agile…
Skills England Chair Phil Smith sat down with FE News CEO Gavin O’Meara for a virtual coffee to mark National Apprenticeship Week 2026. Now in…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 828: 20th December 2025. Last Soundbite of 2025: Mayors, Milburn and Major Welfare Reform This is the weekly e-newsletter and…
Skills England Chair Phil Smith sat down with Gavin for a virtual coffee to wrap up his first six months in the role. The conversation…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 827: 13th December 2025. What Is Green Confetti and Why Do You Need A Playbook? | FE Soundbite Edition 827…
In a new episode of the Canny Conversations Podcast, City & Guilds CEO Kirstie Donnelly MBE shares exclusive insights into the strategic decision to sell…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 815: 20th September 2025. How Can We Tackle Youth Employment With ‘One Stop Shops’, SEND Funding And Skills Gladiators? This…
Skills Minister Baroness Smith has spoken of the ‘hideous waste of talent’, due to nearly a million young people in the UK not in employment,…
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