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...
In 2026 the job market feels uncertain for many people entering the workforce. The UK unemployment rate has risen to a near five-year high. At...
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Two thirds of UK students feel that their degree is developing the right skills they will need to succeed in their future job, according to…
COLEG CAMBRIA (@colegcambria) has further strengthened its support for one of the UK’s leading celebrations of diversity, equality, and the LGBTQ+ community. The north east…
Meet the trailblazing accounting and finance graduates who started their studies at the height of the pandemic and are already taking their industry by storm…
This July, University of Salford Business School(@salfordbizsch) students, Deborah Okanlawon, Lucy Wall, Sanaz Saf Shekan and Sumain Bi, are graduating with first class LLB Law…
Student entrepreneur, Jake Pennington, is graduating from University of Salford Business School(@salfordbizsch) with a first class degree in BA Business Management with Marketing, as well…
The Labour party has had a Landslide Victory in the General Election. The Labour Party needed to secure 326 seats in the General Election to…
A student at the University of Sunderland(@sunderlanduni) is trying to break a world record by drawing portraits for 80 consecutive hours. Abidemi Praise Omopariola, who…
Telford College(@telfordcollege) has been recognised in a national awards competition for its support of students with severe learning difficulties. The college’s Willow Tree Centre, which…
Recent statistics from StandOut CV have estimated that around 1.7 million workers make up the UK gig economy workforce, with 89.7% of gig workers stating…
A Romany Gypsy Traveller who felt displaced from his community, left school at 14, and attempted to take his own life has won a national…
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