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,...
Aspiring marketers are set to enter the industry at a challenging, but exciting time. Competition for jobs may only become greater, with the recent Milburn...
Picture this. A member of your teaching staff is three weeks into a formal performance improvement process. Observations have been graded as requiring improvement. You...
This is Part One of three on the under-sixteen social media ban: how we got here, whether it is right and what comes next. On...
This was my fifth AELP National Conference and it's safe to say I've never experienced one quite like it. It was certainly the hottest, but...
In November 2025, in schools and colleges across England, well over 160,000 GCSE English and Maths entries were sat in the autumn series, a figure...
Yusuf Ibrahim, Vice Principal at CAVC, takes Alan Milburn's interim review as a starting point and asks what the Welsh data really tells us about...
Andy Burnham hasn't become Prime Minister yet. His speech at the People's History Museum in Manchester this afternoon reads less like a leadership pitch and...
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As I reflect on my first 6 months in my newly created role as Minister for Further and Higher Education, I am continually struck by…
The recent government release on apprenticeship achievement rates serves as a crucial reminder of the journey many providers undertake to improve their Qualification Achievement Rates…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 790: 28th March 2025 | How will DfE Build up T Level Student Numbers? | FE Soundbite 790 This is…
Today, (Wednesday 26 March) Hydrogen Safe, the specialist training provider headquartered in Greater Manchester, has launched a regional Hydrogen Skills Framework. Designed to support the…
How do you define social mobility and why does it matter? How can educational and work opportunities be better integrated to improve social mobility in…
In my previous article, I discussed why our relationship with trust is so important for the future of digital badges. If they are to continue…
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 789: 22th March 2025 | The Watershed Week for Skills, Education & Employment This is the weekly e-newsletter and e-journal…
The latest ONS Labour market figures were released today: Unemployment is at 4.4%, up on the year, and on the quarter, there are now nearly…
Young people with mental health conditions are nearly five times more likely to be economically inactive compared to others in their age group, according to…
This 4th installment in the “Unseen Observations” series follows Claire Curry’s transformative journey at Walsall College. From initial reluctance to becoming an ambassador, Claire reveals…
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