Last week, I joined representatives from Parliament, employers, business organisations, awarding bodies and the wider skills sector at the New Statesman Politics Live event to...
The most important word in apprenticeships is not achievement. That is not about diminishing the importance of completion or success. Achievement matters. It signals that...
In the second part of our special feature for FE News to mark Youth Employment Week, Alison Morris, Director of Policy at Skills Federation brings...
There is growing evidence that sustainability is moving from a specialist function into mainstream business operations Employers are increasingly seeking professionals who combine technical business...
This is Part Two of three on children, social media and the ban. The government is introducing legislation to bar children from the platforms. It...
When Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham walks into Number 10- be that Downing Street or the ‘Number 10 of the north’ in Manchester- what should his...
The idea that a career in research is becoming obsolete is easy to understand. It is also wrong, but not for the reasons you might expect. Behind the debate about research careers lies a more...
It’s Youth Employment Week, and in a special feature for FE News, Alison Morris, Director of Policy at Skills Federation brings together members Adrian Wookey,...
Aspiring marketers are set to enter the industry at a challenging, but exciting time. Competition for jobs may only become greater, with the recent Milburn...
Picture this. A member of your teaching staff is three weeks into a formal performance improvement process. Observations have been graded as requiring improvement. You...
FE video covers a variety of topics in further education, skills and employability, including apprenticeships and the future of learning and work. A combination of livestream video, user generated videos and education video articles.
Isabel Sutcliffe, FAB chair, chats with FE News about the challenges of a new open qualifications market for awarding bodies. Isabel explains that, for nearly 20…
Ofqual’s Isabel Nisbet discusses the challenges faced by awarding organisations today. Please click on the image below to hear what Ms Nisbet has to say:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac2mzO_CvHs
The chief executive of the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB), Jill Lanning, discusses procurement issues for awarding bodies. Please click on the image below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBhn9GMSoE4
New discrimination legislation has recently come into force in the form of the Equality Act 2010 and it will affect all employers, including those in…
Fran Parry is the director of policy and communications at the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion. FE News talks with Ms Parry about Professional…
Shane Chowen is the Vice President for Further Education at the NUS (National Union of Students). He discusses how the Coalition Government’s spending review affects…
Paul Warner, of the Association of Learning Providers (ALP), discusses how Welfare to Work and Skills are moving ever closer together. According to Mr Warner, providers…
Federation of Awarding Bodies Chair, Isabel Sutcliffe, chats with FE News about curriculum reform, QCF and delivering a fit for purpose Functional Skills qualification. Only…
What is the latest news on funding from the Skills Funding Agency? David Hughes, the Skills Funding Agency’s (SFA) director of provider services, deals with all…
David Hughes, the Skills Funding Agency’s (SFA) director of provider services, deals with all of the money, allocations, performance management and the interesting new policy changes…
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