Further education (FE) in England has spent too long treating teacher training as an optional extra. That stance may have seemed tolerable in a sector...
Further education, work-based learning organisations and skills providers are all operating in a very complex environment - shaped by tight budgets, workforce shortages (with teacher...
A country facing prolonged conflict, economic fragmentation and collapsing public services cannot afford to leave its younger generation trapped between interrupted education, weak labour demand...
Why trust, not technology, is emerging as the defining challenge as AI adoption accelerates across the sector The debate around artificial intelligence in assessment is...
The promise of an AI-driven transformation has never been more pronounced. But the real shift is not what AI can do; it is what humans...
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...
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Mohammed is a senior member of the youth zone who moved to the UK from Senegal with a very limited understanding of English. With the…
TechSkills and Day One launch “Tech Talent Bridge” to help small and medium-sized employers recruit skilled early-career candidates TechSkills, the accreditation body for Tech Industry…
Clearing is on an upward trajectory. In 2023, UCAS reported that a record number of 18 year olds, over 38,000, were accepted into university through…
“I’ve done lots of internal training,” he added, “but nothing accredited. And sometimes when you go for jobs, they say you need a degree or…
Earlier in the Summer, I had a very welcome invitation to the International Folkemøde, a gathering of Folk High School educators at the International People’s…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 810: 16th August 2025 | Beyond Results Day: Are We Building The Workforce For Skills England’s 2030 Vision? Level 3…
A decade ago, the problem was obvious. Technical education was often described as a good option, but not quite as good as A levels and…
A new survey by HR and payroll software provider Ciphr has revealed which measures in the Employment Rights Bill are thought to be the most…
As apprenticeships evolve to reflect the realities of a digital economy, training providers must rethink how they support learners, not just through technical instruction, but…
Three UK engineers have each secured a £50,000 scholarship as part of a long-running initiative to strengthen the UK economy by placing engineers at the…
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