From the end of 2023, until the beginning of 2025, I was leading a piece of research titled Appreciating and Supporting Neurodiversity for the New...
Further Education colleges are already driving innovation every day, yet their contribution remains largely invisible in national policy. Elaine Baxter explores why recognising, supporting and...
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,...
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There are many common misconceptions when it comes to apprenticeships, from the age and experience of people who undertake them to the subjects on offer,…
Skillsoft, a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced the general availability of Skillsoft CAISY™ (Conversation AI Simulator), an enterprise AI-powered skills trainer. Harnessing…
Eight talented young engineers are celebrating being awarded a total of £400,000 of Sainsbury Management Fellows scholarships to study for an MBA at Harvard, Stanford,…
24 talented school children from around the globe have attended a science-based summer school at one of the world’s top universities. Saving the world, future…
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has released the shortlist for the 14th REC Awards, including for its first-ever Agency Star of the Year award.…
Work is underway to support teachers and leaders to tackle unnecessary workload, as the Government establishes a new taskforce of unions, teachers, and sector leaders.…
This article draws insights from a thoughtful podcast discussion between myself, Richard Foster-Fletcher and Kurt Hintz, Executive Principal of Capital City College Group on the…
Over half (56%) of UK businesses report improving their learning and development (L&D) processes as their top business goal over the next three years, compared…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly Generative AI, has garnered significant attention for its capacity to process large data…
UHI Shetland lies around 100 miles off Scotland’s north-east mainland. Sitting at the northern-most tip of the UK, it is blasted by the Atlantic Ocean…
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