While many businesses are focused on growth, the underlying challenge is often one of efficiency. Particularly in today’s climate, where budgets are tight and hiring...
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...
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The North Wales Regional Skills Partnership in collaboration with Grŵp Llandrillo Menai, hosted a highly successful Renewables Skills Roundtable at Coleg Llandrillo’s Engineering Centre on…
The FE News team chats with Paul Atfield, Data and AI Lead from the Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) at WISE 12 in Doha. Paul leads…
On 30 October, nearly 80 leaders from across FE and skills including providers, educators, sustainability leads, employers, awarding bodies, policymakers and student voices spent a…
A specialist health and safety training provider has invested £1.25m into a new ‘centre of excellence’ in Oldbury. PLT Training, which was formed by Nicc…
United Colleges Group (UCG) has been named as one of National Centre for Diversity’s (NCFD) Top 100 Inclusive UK Employers for the second year running.…
Richard Gillis, from City of Westminster College (part of United Colleges Group), has been named as a recipient of the 2025 City & Guilds Foundation…
The 5% Club has announced the appointment of three distinguished new Fellows during its Awards Celebratory event at Mansion House, 3 December 2025. The 5%…
EngineeringUK has announced the appointment of 3 new trustees. James Murnieks, Jo Passingham and Neil Young joined EngineeringUK’s board on 1 December 2025. James Murnieks…
On 3 December 2025, The 5% Club hosted a prestigious ceremony at Mansion House, London, recognising newly accredited members and unveiling the winners of the…
Ciphr has established a joint venture with MyTeamBuilder, a UK-based software startup that specialises in personalised AI-powered coaching for businesses. This follows a string of acquisitions…
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