A decade ago, digital skills were often seen as specialist knowledge. Today, they sit alongside English and maths as essential workplace literacies. Sustainability is now...
Before our sector rushes to introduce apprenticeship quality measures, it’s time we made better use of the strongest public indicator we already have. An industry...
The UK’s labour market currently faces a growing contradiction. At the same time as businesses report persistent skills shortages, nearly a million young people aged...
As apprenticeships are, by definition, an employment-based programme, you might reasonably expect the pattern of apprenticeship starts to broadly track trends in the labour market. Having worked in the sector for over 20...
AI is beginning to shape young people’s transitions from education to work. Increasingly, career development practitioners are using large language models to support guidance sessions and for resource creation...
The Skills White Paper claims colleges have been treated as "second rate" despite impressive results compared to others. Does our misaligned quality model and music...
There is a persistent and costly misunderstanding at the heart of workforce design in Further Education. We continue to measure people against roles that were...
The quality of initial teacher training (ITT) in further education (FE) is again under review, but this time with a sharper regulatory edge. From 2026,...
At Milton Keynes, we were the first FE College Group in the country to receive the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) inspection, and I’m delighted to...
Geoffrey Hinton and I have something in common. We both studied and worked in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence department at the University of...
It’s all about the learner, and building a culture of lifelong learning.
Learners at Coleg Cambria took an active role in the democratic process ahead of the Senedd Elections on May 7 by organising and leading a…
The government is capping the maximum interest rates on Plan 2 and 3 student loans at 6% from 1 September, for the 2026/27 academic year, delivering…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 841: 4th April 2026. Is £307 Million Enough to Maintain 175 College Estates? Or is it like the £2.61 per…
Portland College is proud to announce it won the 2026 Natspec Award for ‘Innovative Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing’, by developing Donkey Assistive Therapy…
Learner representatives from across NPTC Group of Colleges came together at Theatr Brycheiniog for this year’s annual Student Representative Celebration Day – an inspiring event…
Social Media and Young People, Part 2: The Case For In Part 1, we examined the mounting evidence against social media – from the Zuckerberg…
One of the most significant decisions providers face following the Apprenticeship Assessment Reforms is whether to apply for approval as a Centre, taking on responsibility…
A group of students from London South East Colleges claimed first place in the Einstein category at the Regional Final of the MEI Further Education…
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…
London South East Colleges has been ranked 4th in the UK by Investing in Ethnicity in its Maturity Matrix – a significant achievement reflecting the…
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