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...
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Katie Bramald is currently making a meaningful difference as the Foster Care Recruitment and Retention Lead for Monmouthshire County Council. Recently, Katie completed a Level…
New data released today by Coursera, one of the world’s largest online learning platforms, reveals the critical skills that learners are prioritising for 2026. Coursera’s…
The Greater Manchester Learning Provider Network (GMLPN) is proud to announce the launch of GMLPN25, a year-long campaign of celebration, reflection, and future-focused activity taking…
The recent figures on Scotland’s declining maths performance should act as a serious wake-up call for all of us involved in education. Less than 40%…
Across industries, leaders are converging on a clear message. The message is that simply layering AI onto existing ways of working is no longer enough.…
HR software provider Ciphr and ProAge – a UK charity focused on age inclusion in the workplace – have teamed up to launch a new…
Hairdressing Lecturer Kelly Pasicznyk has been recognised on a national stage after securing a finalist position in the Educator of the Year category at the British Hairdressing…
The Latest ONS Labour Market Figures came out today (Tuesday 20th January 2026). The data shows that vacancies are stable at 734,000, but… there are…
The spotlight will be on the Senedd election in May and the development of a new Apprenticeship Programme for Wales, starting in August 2027, when…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 830: 17th January 2026 | The Inclusion Reality Check: Are You Ofsted Ready? This is the weekly e-newsletter and e-journal…
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