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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Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 821: 1st November 2025. What is a Green Mindset? … and how can you be one of the 3% that…
A record 252 members of The 5% Club have achieved accredited status through the organisation’s Employer Audit Programme, announced at The 5% Club Skills Summit…
A leading manufacturer of home improvement products is looking to bridge a major skills gap by creating its own Manufacturing Degree pathway. CO Manufacturing (the…
The Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper (October 2025) has set out to reshape the current landscape of further and higher education for a generation.…
The internationalisation of UK vocational education took another strategic leap forward as Global Careers Alliance (GCA) formalised a partnership with the Punjab Chief Minister’s Taskforce…
Over 250 leaders, employers, and skills champions gathered at The British Library to shape the UK’s future skills agenda. Over 250 leaders, employers, and skills…
Recruiting enough qualified workers, retaining existing talent, and managing rising costs are among the biggest challenges facing UK organisations right now, according to new research by HR…
The Government’s recent announcement that Skills England and apprenticeships will move from the Department for Education (DfE) to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 820: 25th October 2025. 72 Pages, 12 Mentions Of Careers: Where’s The Post 16 White Paper Signposting Strategy? FE Soundbite…
AAT has announced Lucy Cohen as its new President, succeeding Michael Steed, with Craig Dyer appointed Vice President. Cohen takes on the role with a…
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