Ensuring that the further education (FE) sector has a high-quality teaching workforce is critical to the government’s ambitions for the sector and its wider industrial...
One of the strangest things about the current AI conversation is how quickly people jump from “this tool improves efficiency” to “human judgement is now...
Further education colleges across the UK continue to demonstrate resilience and ingenuity in the face of sustained financial pressure. While funding remains constrained and costs...
The SEND Transition Collective, convened by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) in partnership with FE News, brought together senior practitioners, policy advisors, and FE...
The reform of technical education in England has reached a pivotal moment. With T Levels now established across the post-16 landscape, attention is turning to...
There’s a belief that AI will somehow fix educational marketing. That by automating outreach, refining targeting and increasing output, institutions will naturally see better engagement...
As devolution reshapes England’s skills system and the second iteration of LSIPs comes into focus, attention is rightly turning to how regional ambition becomes delivery. Suzanne Slater, Commercial...
When one in seven young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (NEET) by the age of 23, this is not just a concerning statistic –...
In further education policy, “closing skills gaps” is often framed as a technical challenge with straightforward solutions: expand provision, add courses, increase qualification levels. It’s...
She did everything right. When she received her ADHD diagnosis in her early forties, she told her employer, followed the correct processes, and waited for...
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When you are working, coffee breaks are an essential part of your day. Not only are you entitled to 20 minutes of uninterrupted break a…
First impressions count. That’s a mantra that every successful business professional knows and has embraced. You have seven seconds to make a good first impression…
Yesterday’s Budget had a welcome focus on employment, and in particular in helping more people who are outside of the labour force to get (back)…
Presented with a somewhat better fiscal outlook than he faced in November – but still much worse than expected a year ago – Mr Hunt…
The Chancellor announced an impressively broad suite of policies to encourage more people into work, but Britain’s economy remains stuck in a deep funk –…
Portland College was graded Outstanding in every category in an Ofsted Inspection, January 2023. Four Ofsted Inspectors assessed all elements of the further education provision…
Over decades, a problematic trend in the UK has emerged – employers are failing to invest in training the workforce, despite technological change and the…
Today (15 March), Jeremy Hunt announced the latest developments in the Spring Back to Work Budget. One of these announcements included developments within the Health…
Returnerships, Skills Bootcamps and AI… Keep up to date with the latest developments for the FE Eco-System! Spring has sprung, which means it is now…
Over 100 students from ten FE colleges & Institutes of Technology (IoT) got creative this month, participating in a national challenge led by the CyberHub…
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