Apprenticeship Assessment Reform: Risks, Opportunities and the Year Ahead
If 2025 was a year of reform announcements for the FE and skills system – and it was, from V-levels to professional development to new ways of funding...
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If 2025 was a year of reform announcements for the FE and skills system – and it was, from V-levels to professional development to new ways of funding…
Not many of you may know, but I’m actually a degree apprentice. I’m studying Responsible Business Management at the University of Exeter while working full-time…
Skills England Chair Phil Smith sat down with FE News CEO Gavin O’Meara for a virtual coffee to mark National Apprenticeship Week 2026. Now in…
National Apprenticeship Week shines a light on the vital role apprenticeships now play in the UK’s economic future. With skill shortages continuing to affect organisations,…
Across Further Education, leaders are asking the same questions. Why are capable people burning out? Why do committed staff take on more than is sustainable…
The UK has had no shortage of interventions to deal with youth unemployment. From the New Deal for Young People in the late 1990s, through…
Tertiary education drives innovation and creates opportunities for people and communities across Wales. It unlocks the potential to shape futures and is vital in creating…
Alan Milburn’s review offers a crucial opportunity to tackle rising youth inactivity, but early, targeted support for young people with social, emotional and mental health…
The rising number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) is one of the most urgent social and economic challenges facing the…
For many school and college leaders, Ofsted sits somewhere between a necessary accountability mechanism and an ever-present source of anxiety. Over the course of my…
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