Young people not in education, employment or training have often missed out on opportunities to develop essential employment skills. The Nuffield Foundation has launched a...
100,000 placements is a welcome start. Who helps young people get to day one? In thirty-five years working in careers guidance, I have watched a...
Term has started, and colleges are still settling timetables and filling gaps in delivery. It's a good moment to look at who's teaching under subcontracted...
Adult learners are already investing in new careers; policy should turn that commitment into a connected journey from entry-level competence to higher technical progression. The...
The funded management ladder has gone. Team Leader at Level 3, Operations Manager at Level 5, Chartered Manager at Level 6, Coaching Professional, Improvement Practitioner,...
While the headlines this year have gone to pathways and funding, the deepest apprenticeship reform is happening in a corner of the system most commentary...
Ten academic years ago, I wrote for FE News about challenging stereotypes, inspired by the late MP Jo Cox. As another academic year begins, I...
Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). That’s a grim milestone that’s only marginally dropped in the latest quarter according to the ONS....
“Employers are far more likely to engage when they believe the organisation contacting them understands the commercial environment in which they operate.” We cannot solve...
The financial pressures facing UK higher education have reached a point where we need to ask a more fundamental question: is the problem simply that universities...
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PfP Thrive is launching a new free programme in Derby this September aimed at helping more women build rewarding careers in housing and construction and…
More than one million young people across the UK are currently NEET (not in education, employment or training). On top of this, almost half of…
A young person who once became so frightened by dogs that he would cross the road to avoid them now looks forward to spending every…
The collaboration between the University and London’s largest provider of further education and training is expected to inspire more individuals to consider higher levels of…
As hundreds of thousands of young people receive their A-level and GCSE results this month, they’re entering a labour market unlike any previous generation. AI…
The Court of Appeal has now delivered its judgment in the Colchester Institute VAT case, and HMRC has confirmed it will not take the matter…
Almost two-thirds of the UK’s leading universities will provide Level 7 apprenticeships this autumn despite government funding cuts that left employers facing an estimated £214…
The Skills England Expert Network has invited Lisa Gooding, Parenta’s Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Manager, to join its growing community of sector specialists. The invitation…
Earlier this year, the Growth & Skills Levy was heralded as one of the Government’s most valuable investments in people and productivity. Arguably, it offers…
South Devon College is at the forefront of a new trial aimed at improving outcomes for young people resitting their English Language GCSE exams. As…
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